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) |
Destination airport: | Gao Airport (GAQ/GAGO) |
Narrative: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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