| Date: | Monday 7 March 1938 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Potez 62 |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-ANQR |
| MSN: | 4031 / 12 |
| Engine model: | Gnome-Rhône 14Kirs Mistral Major |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Datia, Madhya Pradesh -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU/VECC) |
| Jodhpur Airport (JDH/VIJO) |
Crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff from Calcutta/Dum Dum.
The aircraft, named "La Tapageuse", operated on a flight from Hanoi to Paris with several stops.
Sources:
https://www.news18.com/india/fireball-in-sky-loud-explosion-follows-indias-first-aircraft-crash-in-1937-ws-dkl-9292426.html
https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMGAVL01:000015034:mpeg21:a0050
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