Last updated: 3 March 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 29 July 1950 |
| Type: |  Bristol 170 Freighter 21 |
| Operator: | Compagnie Air Transport - CAT |
| Registration: | F-BENF |
| C/n / msn: | 12738 |
| First flight: | 1946 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Tanezrouft ( Algeria)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Algiers-Maison Blanche Airport (ALG/DAAG), Algeria |
| Gao Airport (GAQ/GAGO), Mali |
Crashed following a wing failure.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "An explosion in the wing compartment containing the main starboard fuel tank. This explosion tore off part of the upper wing surface which started a vibration of the wing structure which then caused multiple failures in flight."
Classification:
Fuel tank explosion Wing failure
Loss of control
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Distance from Algiers-Maison Blanche Airport to Gao Airport as the crow flies is 2280 km (1425 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Algiers-Maison Blanche Airport to Gao Airport as the crow flies is 2280 km (1425 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.
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