ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64128
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| Date: | 04-OCT-1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Georges Suire Balloon |
| Owner/operator: | Georges Suire |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | North Sea, off Danish coast near Esbjerg -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Perone, Italy |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed 05/10/1954 during balloon record flight around France. Georges Suire died. According to a contemporary newspaper report (see link #2):
"WOMAN DROWNS IN BALLOON.
North Sea Fishermen Recover Body From Gondola.
Copenhagen, Oct. 4.(Reuters)
A large balloon plunged into the North Sea off the Danish coast today and later fishermen recovered a French woman's body from its half submerged gondola. Danish police identified her from her passport as Mrs. Amante Weber, 44, of Paris. They also found a man's passport and said they believed another passenger may have jumped out as the balloon came down, in a vain attempt to save the woman by lightening the craft.
The passport bore the name of George Suire, Paris. He lhas not been found. A neighbor in Paris said tonight that Suire. an engineer, was a keen aeronaut who often went on balloon trips with a club on Sundays. He thought he knew Mrs. Amante by sight."
Sources:
1. http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/archivio/uni_1954_10/19541006_0006.pdf
2. The Kansas City Times from Kansas City, Missouri October 5, 1954 Page 3 at https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/53362682/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 10-Jul-2009 19:28 | angels one five | Updated |
| 25-Jan-2014 19:32 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2014 16:54 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2017 18:15 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 15-Feb-2017 18:17 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2017 18:17 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Date] |
| 15-Feb-2017 18:18 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location] |
| 15-Feb-2017 18:19 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 15-Feb-2017 18:20 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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