Marseille - Barcelona

On December 10, 1932 at 05:20 AM, Marseille - Barcelona experienced a crash involving Latécoère 25, operated by L'Aéropostale, with the event recorded near Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer Bouches-du-Rhône.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane departed Marseille-Marignane Airport at 0450LT bound for Barcelona. About half an hour later, the pilot encountered foggy conditions with limited visibility. He reduced his altitude in an attempt to establish a visual contact with the ground when the aircraft hit an obstacle and crashed, bursting into flames. The passenger was seriously injured and the pilot Francis Simon was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AIUT, MSN 712, year of manufacture 1928.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.4516°, 4.4277°.