Estado: | |
Fecha: | sábado 3 junio 1944 |
Hora: | 08:55 UTC |
Tipo: | Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
Operador: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registración: | FD866 |
Numéro de série: | 9412 |
Año de Construcción: | 1943 |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 4 / Ocupantes: 4 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 12 / Ocupantes: 13 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 16 / Ocupantes: 17 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Destruido |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | 19 km (11.9 milles) SE of Mostaganem ( Argelia)
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Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Militar |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Biskra Airport (BSK/DAUB), Argelia |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Oujda-Les Angades Airport (OUD/GMFO), Marruecos |
Descripción:An RAF Dakota III, FD866, was flying on a routine transport flight from Biskra, Algeria to Oujda, Morocco. It left Biskra at 06:34Z and crashed into the side of a mountain at a height of 5,200 feet at approximately 08:55Z. The mountain top was covered in drifting cloud at the time of the crash. The aircraft was climbing steeply when it crashed. One passenger survived.
The Board of Enquiry commented that the radio aids were not used to assist navigation but that the pilot, who had flown over 100 hrs in the previous month was probably fatigued.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Biskra Airport to Oujda-Les Angades Airport as the crow flies is 695 km (434 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.