Marseille – Ajaccio – Tunis

On November 16, 1929 at 09:35 AM, Marseille – Ajaccio – Tunis experienced a crash involving Lioré-et-Olivier LEO H-190, operated by Air Union France, with the event recorded near Propriano Corse-du-Sud.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. Few minutes after his departure from Ajaccio, while flying along the southern Corsica coast, the crew was informed by radio that he should fly at an altitude of 1,200 metres. Later, at 0930LT, he received information about foggy conditions south of Corsica. Shortly later, the aircraft disappeared off the Cape Zivia, some 10 km south of Propriano. SAR operations were initiated but no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. The pilot was Captain Guillaume de Cugnac.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AIGB, MSN 01, year of manufacture 1926.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.6764°, 8.9038°.