Algiers – Marseille

On February 24, 1931 at 12:00 AM, Algiers – Marseille experienced a crash involving Latécoère 32, operated by L'Aéropostale, with the event recorded near Banyuls-sur-Mer 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, 1 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 33.3%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew encountered strong headwinds all along the flight from Algiers to Marseille. After overflying Cape of Creus in Catalonia, both engines failed due to fuel exhaustion. The crew ditched the aircraft off Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrénées Orientales. The crew of the Spanish cargo named 'Stella' was quickly on the scene but during the towing operations, the float plane sank and the radio navigator Bossard drowned. The pilot Edmond Larbonne and the mechanic were rescued.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AITX, MSN 84, year of manufacture 1928.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.4713°, 3.1252°.