Marseille – Ajaccio – Tunis

On January 21, 1936 at 10:00 AM, Marseille – Ajaccio – Tunis experienced a crash involving CAMS 53, operated by Air France, with the event recorded near Ajaccio Corse-du-Sud.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) 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 listed crash cause is technical failure. While descending to Ajaccio, the crew sent a short mayday message following a power plant failure. The seaplane aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea, few km off shore. All six occupants were killed. Crew: Edmond Larbonne, pilot, Laurent Caillebotte, radio navigator, Robert Juge, engineer.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AJIR, MSN 19, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.9179°, 8.7934°.