Crash of a Dornier Do J Wal off El Atalayón
Date & Time:
Sep 20, 1929 at 1030 LT
Registration:
W-5
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
El Atalayón - El Atalayón
MSN:
5
YOM:
1924
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The seaplane was engaged in a loca training flight out from El Atalayón Naval Station. In unknown circumstances, the airplane crashed in the sea few hundred metres offshore. All five crew members were injured, three seriously.