Athens – Bastia

On September 5, 1959 at 12:00 AM, Athens – Bastia experienced a crash involving Vickers Viking, operated by Air Nautic, with the event recorded near Tralicetu Corse-du-Sud.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

While approaching the south coast of Corsica, the twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off the village of Tralicetu. The aircraft sank and was lost while both pilots were able to swim to the beach.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BFDN, MSN 248, year of manufacture 1948.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.5219°, 8.8816°.