Crash of a Canadair CL-215-1A10 in Marseille: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 4, 1983
Registration:
F-ZBBR
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Marseille - Marseille
MSN:
1001
YOM:
1968
Flight number:
Pélican 01
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a fire fighting mission in Marseille. While flying at low height, the water bomber plane struck a tree and crashed in a wooded area located in the Marseilleveyre Mountain Range near the district of Pointe-Rouge, south of Marseille. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants were killed.
Crew:
Yves Kohler, pilot,
Georges Berujeau, mechanic.
Crew:
Yves Kohler, pilot,
Georges Berujeau, mechanic.