Bousfer - Heraklion

On November 11, 1964 at 12:00 AM, Bousfer - Heraklion experienced a crash involving Lockheed P-2 Neptune, operated by French Navy, with the event recorded near Heraklion Crete / <U+039A><U+03C1><U+03AE>t<U+03B7>.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

13 people were known to be on board, 9 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 69.2%.

Crew on board: 13, crew fatalities: 9, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew departed Bousfer Airbase in Algeria on a long distance navigation training mission to Heraklion, Greece, on behalf of the Flotille 21.F based at Nîmes-Garons NAS, France. Following an uneventful flight, the crew was approaching Heraklion Airport when an engine caught fire. Control was lost and the airplane crashed few km from the runway threshold. Four crew members were injured and nine others were killed. The civil registration of the aircraft was F-XCUR. Those killed were: OE3 Henri Schimpf, EV2 Pollard, PM Brocard, MT Le Bris, MT Henry, MT Didier, MT Aguen, SM François, SM Jégou.

Aircraft reference details include registration 134663, MSN 626-6060.