Marseille – Algiers

On February 9, 1930 at 12:00 AM, Marseille – Algiers experienced a crash involving CAMS 56, operated by L'Aéropostale, with the event recorded near Port-Vendres Pyrénées-Orientales.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) 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 technical failure. While cruising off the French coast on a mail flight from Marseille to Algiers, the crew encountered an engine failure. The pilot attempted to make an emergency landing off the Cape Bear but the sea was very rough. The aircraft crashed on landing and rescuers were grounded due to poor weather conditions. All operations were eventually suspended and no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found. Crew: Robert Raynal, pilot, Robert Languille, radio navigator, Mr. Traverse, mechanic.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AIOY, MSN 04, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.5176°, 3.1012°.