Bizerte - Bizerte

On November 2, 1954 at 10:30 AM, Bizerte - Bizerte experienced a crash involving Nord 1402 Noroit, operated by French Navy, with the event recorded near Lake of Bizerte Bizerte Governorate (<U+0648><U+0644><U+0627><U+064A><U+0629> <U+0628><U+0646><U+0632><U+0631><U+062A><U+200E>).

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 87.5%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew left Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed AFB for a local training sortie. While cruising at an altitude of 300 feet, the seaplane nosed down, plunged into the lake of Bizerte and sank by a depth of seven meters. A crew member was rescued while seven others were killed. The aircraft was recovered but was destroyed. Crew (53S Squadron): 2nd Master Michel Chosserie, 2nd Master Pierre Barbanchon, mechanic, † Lt Guy Sauvage, † Off Bernard Dorion, † 1st Master Joseph Le Berre, mechanic, † Master Henri Menagerm, radio operator, † 2nd Master Robert Mignot, † Second Master L’Aot, radio operator. †

Aircraft reference details include registration 53.S.8, MSN 8.