Paris – Marseille – Tunis – Tripoli – Cairo – Basra – Karachi – Allahabad – Calcutta – Akyab – Yangon – Hanoi

On February 19, 1929 at 06:15 PM, Paris – Marseille – Tunis – Tripoli – Cairo – Basra – Karachi – Allahabad – Calcutta – Akyab – Yangon – Hanoi experienced a crash involving Breguet 284, operated by Breguet Industries, with the event recorded near Paris Paris.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a city crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft departed Paris-Le Bourget Airport at 1752LT on a trip to Vietnam. The aircraft was fully prepared with 1,900 liters of fuel. Eight minutes after takeoff, while cruising over Paris at a height of 500 metres, the engine stopped. The crew attempted an emergency landing but the visibility was poor due to the night. The pilot tried to find a suitable open terrain for the emergency landing and eventually landed along the railway line near the Bondy Station. Upon landing, the aircraft lost its undercarriage and hit an electric pole, causing both left wings to separate. While the aircraft named 'Dragon de l'Annam' was destroyed, all three occupants evacuated safely. Crew: Dieudonné Costes, Maurice Bellonte, Paul Codos.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AIYB, MSN 01, year of manufacture 1928.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.8488°, 2.3454°.