Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque - Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque

On April 2, 1930 at 12:00 AM, Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque - Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque experienced a crash involving Latécoère 340, operated by Latécoère Industries, with the event recorded near Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque Aude.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew departed the Latécoère hydrabase near Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque to complete a local demo flight to the French Navy on this first prototype. In flight, the seaplane broke up in the air and crashed in the Etang de Salses. The aircraft was destroyed and both crew members were killed. Crew: Mr. Prévot, pilot, Mr. Hoff, mechanic.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AKDI, MSN 01, year of manufacture 1930.