Paris – Croydon

On May 11, 1935 at 12:00 AM, Paris – Croydon experienced a crash involving Spartan Cruiser, operated by Commercial Air Hire, with the event recorded near The Channel All World.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was performing a cargo flight from Paris-Le Bourget to Croydon with a load of newspapers on board. While overflying The Channel, all three engines lost power and crew decided to reduce his altitude and elected to ditch the aircraft. Both occupants were quickly rescued by the crew of a fishing vessel while the aircraft sunk and was lost.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-ABTY, MSN 24M, year of manufacture 1932.