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| Date: | Sunday 20 January 1935 |
| Time: | 13:50 |
| Type: | CAMS 53-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-ALCF |
| MSN: | 30 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Santa Maria di Leuca -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kerkyra (Korfu) |
| Naples | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
“Normandie” ditched in the Ionian Sea 30 miles southwest of italian coast. Three crew (pilot Henri Leclaire), two French (one woman) and one Persian passenger rescued by motor ship "Paganini" of Compagnia Adriatica. Airplane abandoned.
Sources:
El Litoral 21 January 1935, p1
La Stampa 22 January 1935, p5
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Jan-2017 20:58 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Apr-2019 19:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Apr-2019 19:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 29-Dec-2019 13:23 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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