Saint Pierre – Saint-Hélier

On July 31, 1936 at 07:30 PM, Saint Pierre – Saint-Hélier experienced a crash involving Saro A.19 Cloud, operated by Jersey Airways, with the event recorded near Jersey Channel Islands.

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

10 people were known to be on board, 10 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 8, passenger fatalities: 8, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While cruising off Jersey by night, crew encountered poor weather conditions and attempted to ditch the aircraft when the accident occurred. Debris were found few hours later some 28 kilometers off Jersey. All 10 occupants were killed. Crew: Cpt William Halmshaw, pilot, W. Sotinel, mechanic. Passengers: Ernest Appleby, Maud Bean, Margaret Davies, Alice Judd, Edwina 'Elsie' Marley, Florence Annie Simpson, Charles Viel, Claude Stewart Willis.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-ABXW, MSN A-19/4, year of manufacture 1932.