Casablanca – Alicante – Barcelona – Perpignan – Toulouse

On May 9, 1933 at 03:00 PM, Casablanca – Alicante – Barcelona – Perpignan – Toulouse experienced a crash involving Latécoère 28, operated by L'Aéropostale, with the event recorded near Viladrau Catalonia.

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

6 people were known to be on board, 6 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: 3, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. Following a stop in Barcelona, the crew continued to Perpignan and reported by radio at 1430LT he was climbing over clouds to have a better visibility. This transmission was the last one. Shortly later, while cruising in foggy conditions over a mountainous area, the aircraft collided with a small unoccupied house and crashed near Viladrau, southwest of Gerona. The aircraft was destroyed and all six occupants were killed. Crew: Jacques Emler, pilot, René Riguelle, pilot, Alfred Guychard, radio navigator.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AJIX, MSN 904, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.8483°, 2.3907°.