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Crash of a Latécoère 21bis off Marseille

Date & Time: Sep 24, 1926
Type of aircraft:
Latécoère 21bis
Operator:
Compagnie France-Algérie
Registration:
F-AIFH
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Test
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Marseille - Marseille
MSN:
71.1
YOM:
1926
Location:
Marseille
Bouches-du-Rhône
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a test flight on this new seaplane that was scheduled to open a new route between Marseille and Algiers shortly. In unknown circumstances, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in the sea off Marseille. While all three occupants were injured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Breguet 14A.2 in Marseille

Date & Time: Apr 15, 1926
Type of aircraft:
Breguet 14
Operator:
Compagnie Française d'Aviation
Registration:
F-AHAP
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Postal (mail)
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Paris – Marseille
MSN:
19
YOM:
1925
Location:
Marseille-Marignane
Bouches-du-Rhône
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Upon landing at Marseille-Marignane Airport, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed, bursting into flames. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire and the pilot was injured.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.9C in Marseille

Date & Time: May 28, 1922
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.9
Operator:
Wilfred Theodore Blake
Registration:
G-EBDE
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Private
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
City
Schedule:
Lyon - Marseille
MSN:
H5738
YOM:
1922
Location:
Marseille
Bouches-du-Rhône
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a world tour and departed Lyon in the morning bound to Marseille. The aircraft overflew Marseille downtown and the crew was forced to make an emergency landing, most probably because lost or due to fuel exhaustion. The aircraft crashed in the Parc Borély located south of the city. While all three occupants were uninjured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. It was planned that the crew should land in Marseille but he was not aware that the airport deserving this city was located in Istres, some 50 km northeast of the final position.
Crew:
Captain Norman McMillan, pilot
Major W. T. Blake, copilot and navigator.
Passenger:
Colonel L. E. Broome, photograph.
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