Paris – Croydon

On May 9, 1934 at 12:20 PM, Paris – Croydon experienced a crash involving Wibault 282/283, operated by Air France, with the event recorded near Dieppe Seine-Maritime.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river 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 airplane departed Paris-Le Bourget Airport at 1115LT on a schedule service to Croydon, carrying three passengers and three crew members. While cruising over The Channel, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and low visibility due to fog. The pilot reduced his altitude in an attempt to maintain a visual contact with the water surface when the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea. As the aircraft failed to arrive in Croydon, SAR operations were initiated by British and French Authorities. Nine days later, on May 18, the dead body of a passenger was found on a beach in Fort-Mahon, Manche. Also, few debris and some mail were later recovered on several beaches of the area. The wreckage was never found. It is believed that the airplane may have crashed about 15 km north of Dieppe, Seine-Maritime. Crew: François Cannet, pilot, Joseph Ollier, radio navigator, Myles Murphy, steward. Passengers: Comte de Neuville, Mr. Guichard, Arthur Louis Fraissard.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AMHP, MSN 8, year of manufacture 1933.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.8303°, 0.9142°.