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| Date: | Wednesday 11 January 1933 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: | CAMS 53-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Aéropostale |
| Registration: | F-AISV |
| MSN: | 05 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Algiers harbour -
 Algeria
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Algiers |
| Marseille | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First takeoff attempt from Algiers' harbour was aborted. During the second attempt, the float plane hit waves, overturned and came to rest inverted. The pilot Roger Feru and the mechanic Georges Deloustal were rescued while the radio-operator Albert Laget disappeared. His body was eventually found on January 19, in Algiers' harbour.
Sources:
http://www.enpa-capmatifou.com/Enpa2/Aero/EVENEMENTS/Memoires%20%20Albert%20Chaillot.pdf p48
A Noite 11 January 1933, p1 (2°Cad)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Mar-2019 16:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Nov-2019 20:01 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Dec-2019 20:16 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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