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| Date: | Sunday 9 December 1928 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | SPCA Météore 63 |
| Owner/operator: | Cie Air Union |
| Registration: | F-AIPA |
| MSN: | 3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mediterranean Sea, off Alistro, Corsica 20 -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Naples, Italy |
| Ajaccio, Corsica | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
F-AIPA SPCA Meteore 63 (MSN 3) ex F-ESEM; re-registered 20.6.28 (C of R 1856) to Cie Air Union Lignes d’Orient, Paris (based La Ciotat).
Written off (destroyed) 9.12.28: aircraft was operating a scheduled international passenger flight between Naples (Italy) and Ajaccio (Corsica). While making a flight over the Mediterranean Sea, crew was forced to ditch the aircraft off Alistro, Corsica. While all three crew were quickly rescued by the crew of a torpedo boat, the aircraft was salvaged but later considered as damaged beyond repair.
Registration F-AIPA cancelled January 1929 as "destroyed"
Sources:
1. http://aerobernie.bplaced.net/Air%20Union.html
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/f-aaaa.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_F-4.html
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-spca-meteore-63-alistro
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Mar-2019 00:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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