Croydon – Paris – Basel – Zurich

On June 17, 1929 at 11:30 AM, Croydon – Paris – Basel – Zurich experienced a crash involving Handley Page H.P.30, operated by Imperial Airways, with the event recorded near Dungeness Kent.

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

13 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 53.8%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 11, passenger fatalities: 7, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While overflying the Channel at an altitude of 3,000 feet, the right engine failed. The pilot attempted to return to England but some three miles off Dungeness, as he was unable to maintain a safe altitude, he ditched the aircraft. Both crew and four passengers escaped and were slightly injured while all seven other occupants were killed. The aircraft was named 'City of Ottawa'. Crew: Rudolf Paul David Brailli, pilot, Nigel Robert Barnett, flight engineer.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-EBMT, MSN W.10/4, year of manufacture 1925.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.9142°, 0.9729°.