Crash of a Douglas C-47D off Sirte

Date & Time: Nov 26, 1953
Type of aircraft:
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
Operator:
Registration:
43-16353
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
20819
YOM:
1944
Location:
Sirte
Sirte (سرت )
Country:
Libya
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew encountered an unexpected situation and decided to abandon the aircraft that crashed into the Mediterranean sea about 24 km northeast of Sirte. There were no casualties but the aircraft sank and was lost.

Crash of a Nieuport-Delage NiD-641 off Sirte: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 14, 1929
Type of aircraft:
Nieuport-Delage NiD-641
Operator:
Registration:
F-AJDA
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Postal (mail)
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Paris – Marseille – Algiers – Tunis – Tripoli – Benghazi – Cairo – Basra – Agra – Allahabad – Calcutta – Akyab – Yangon – Saigon
MSN:
01
YOM:
1929
Location:
Sirte
Sirte (سرت )
Country:
Libya
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Paris-Le Bourget on a mail flight to Saigon, carrying three crew members. Intermediate stops were scheduled in Marseille, Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, Benghazi, Cairo, Basra, Agra, Allahabad, Calcutta, Akyab and Yangon. En route from Tripoli to Benghazi, the aircraft crashed in the Mediterranean Sea in unknown circumstances. As the airplane failed to arrive in Benghazi, SAR operations were initiated and on December 23, the crew of an Italian ship found the wreckage and the dead bodied on a beach located near Sirte.
Crew:
Edmond Lasalle, pilot,
Mr. Reybard, radio navigator,
Mr. Faltot, engineer.
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