ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336121
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| Date: | Saturday 29 July 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol 170 Freighter 21 |
| Owner/operator: | Compagnie Air Transport - CAT |
| Registration: | F-BENF |
| MSN: | 12738 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tanezrouft -
 Algeria
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Algiers-Maison Blanche Airport (ALG/DAAG) |
| Gao Airport (GAQ/GAGO) |
Crashed following a wing failure.
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."
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