Paris – Marseille – Dakar – Abidjan

On June 25, 1953 at 06:00 AM, Paris – Marseille – Dakar – Abidjan experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.106 Comet, operated by Union Aéromaritime de Transport - UAT, with the event recorded near Dakar-Yoff Dakar Region.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

29 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 29 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 22, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is other causes. Following an uneventful flight and approach, the pilot-in-command landed properly and started the braking procedure when one of the main landing gear struck a hole in the runway surface. The gear's leg broke off and the airplane came on its belly, slid for dozen yards and overran before coming to rest about 40 meters past the runway end. There were no casualties but the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair. Brand new, it was delivered few weeks ago.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BGSC, MSN 6019, year of manufacture 1953.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 14.7540°, -17.4943°.