Marseille - Casablanca

On February 6, 1989 at 06:24 PM, Marseille - Casablanca experienced a crash involving Vickers Vanguard, operated by Inter Cargo Services - ICS, with the event recorded near Marseille-Marignane Bouches-du-Rhône.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river 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: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. At 1808LT, the crew reached the runway 32R holding point and was cleared for takeoff 4 minutes later. During the takeoff roll, the captain noticed control problems and abandoned the takeoff procedure and returned to the apron. The crew proceeded to various checks and few minutes later, it was decided to take off again. Shortly after liftoff, while in initial climb, the aircraft rolled to the left then overturned and crashed in the Gulf of Lion few hundred meters offshore. The aircraft was destroyed and all three crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-GEJE, MSN 730, year of manufacture 1960.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.4375°, 5.2130°.