| Date: | Friday 7 April 1922 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Type: |  Farman F.60 Goliath |
| Owner/operator: | CGEA - Compagnie des Grands Express Aériens |
| Registration: | F-GEAD |
| MSN: | 23 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1920 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Le Bourget Airport (LBG/LFPB) |
| London-Croydon Airport (-/-) |
A Farman F.60 Goliath passenger plane, operated by Cie des Grands Express Aériens, was destroyed when it crashed following a mid-air collision over Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine, France. The pilot, mechanic and three passengers were killed. Two crew members on the other plane were also killed.
The other plane involved in the collision was a de Havilland DH.18A, G-EAWO, which operated on a mail flight from London-Croydon Airport to Paris-Le Bourget Airport.
Both pilots were using the same railway line in order to navigate in misty weather & poor visibility. They collided head-on at an altitude of 150 m. This was the first mid-air collision involving airliners.
Sources:
Wikipedia: First mid-air collision of airliners
Le Farman «Goliath» / par Gérard Hartmann
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