Calvi – Nice

On February 8, 1965 at 12:00 AM, Calvi – Nice experienced a crash involving Vickers Viking, operated by Air Nautic, with the event recorded near Calvi Haute-Corse.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 10 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: 7, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. During the takeoff roll, control was lost. The airplane veered off runway and came to rest. All 10 occupants were evacuated safely while the aircraft was written off.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BJEQ, MSN 298, year of manufacture 1947.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.5283°, 8.8945°.