Saigon – Yangon – Akyab – Calcutta – Allahabad – Agra – Basra – Cairo – Tripoli – Benghazi – Tunis – Algiers – Marseille – Paris

En route from Yangon to Akyab, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. The aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a river near Akyab, Burma. All four crew members were killed. Crew: Claude Beauregard, pilot, Ange Bourgeois, pilot, Olivier Leroux, radio navigator, Pierre Patard, engineer.

Flight / Schedule

Saigon – Yangon – Akyab – Calcutta – Allahabad – Agra – Basra – Cairo – Tripoli – Benghazi – Tunis – Algiers – Marseille – Paris

Aircraft

Fokker F7

Registration

PH-AEO

MSN

5096

Year of Manufacture

1929

Operator

Air Orient

Date

June 7, 1931 at 12:00 AM

Type

CRASH

Flight Type

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Flight Phase

Flight

Crash Site

Plain, Valley

Crash Location

Sandoway Rakhine State

Region

Asia • Myanmar

Crash Cause

Weather

Narrative Report

On June 7, 1931 at 12:00 AM, Saigon – Yangon – Akyab – Calcutta – Allahabad – Agra – Basra – Cairo – Tripoli – Benghazi – Tunis – Algiers – Marseille – Paris experienced a crash involving Fokker F7, operated by Air Orient, with the event recorded near Sandoway Rakhine State.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. En route from Yangon to Akyab, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. The aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a river near Akyab, Burma. All four crew members were killed. Crew: Claude Beauregard, pilot, Ange Bourgeois, pilot, Olivier Leroux, radio navigator, Pierre Patard, engineer.

Aircraft reference details include registration PH-AEO, MSN 5096, year of manufacture 1929.

Fatalities

Total

4

Crew

4

Passengers

0

Other

0

Crash Summary

En route from Yangon to Akyab, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. The aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a river near Akyab, Burma. All four crew members were killed. Crew: Claude Beauregard, pilot, Ange Bourgeois, pilot, Olivier Leroux, radio navigator, Pierre Patard, engineer.

Cause: Weather

Occupants & Outcome

Crew On Board

4

Passengers On Board

0

Estimated Survivors

0

Fatality Rate

100.0%

Known people on board: 4

Operational Details

Schedule / Flight

Saigon – Yangon – Akyab – Calcutta – Allahabad – Agra – Basra – Cairo – Tripoli – Benghazi – Tunis – Algiers – Marseille – Paris

Operator

Air Orient

Flight Type

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Flight Phase

Flight

Crash Site

Plain, Valley

Region / Country

Asia • Myanmar

Aircraft Details

Aircraft

Fokker F7

Registration

PH-AEO

MSN

5096

Year of Manufacture

1929