Paris – Istres – Agadir

On August 17, 1960 at 11:45 PM, Paris – Istres – Agadir experienced a crash involving Avro 683 Lancaster, operated by French Navy, with the event recorded near El Kelâa des Sraghna Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

20 people were known to be on board, 20 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 15, passenger fatalities: 15, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route to Agadir by night, the crew informed ATC about an engine fire and elected to divert to Casablanca Airport. Shortly later, the airplane crashed in flames on a hilly terrain near El Kelâa des Sraghna, killing all 20 occupants. The airplane was also coded WU-26.

Aircraft reference details include registration 55.S.4.