Marseille – Algiers

On December 9, 1931 at 09:30 AM, Marseille – Algiers experienced a crash involving CAMS 56, operated by L'Aéropostale, with the event recorded near Mediterranean Sea All World.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) 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 technical failure. En route from Marseille to Algiers, the engine failed, forcing the crew to ditch the aircraft some 165 kilometers off Algiers at 0930LT. The crew was able to converse until 1155LT when the radio contact was lost. SAR operations were initiated but eventually suspended on December 17 as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. An empty liferaft was found few days later some 30 kilometers west of Algiers. On January 18, 1932, a herdsman found the dead body of the pilot on a beach located near Philippeville. Crew: Jean Champsaur, pilot, René Bourguignon, radionavigator.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AIOX, MSN 03, year of manufacture 1928.