Marseille - Marseille

On July 4, 1970 at 12:00 AM, Marseille - Marseille experienced a crash involving Canadair CL-215, operated by Sécurité civile française, with the event recorded near Albertacce Haute-Corse.

The flight was categorized as fire fighting and the reported phase was flight at a mountains 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: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The airplane was engaged in a fire fighting mission under call sign Pélican 22, carrying two pilots and a firefighter. While fighting a fire on the slope of a wooded mountain, the airplane struck the ground and crashed in flames. All three occupants were killed. Crew: Roger Carcasses, pilot, Roger Faugeron, pilot. Passenger: F. Mosali, firefighter.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-ZBAX, MSN 1022, year of manufacture 1969.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.3278°, 8.9842°.