Elizabethville – Gao – Colomb-Béchar – Oran – Brussels

On January 26, 1937 at 05:30 PM, Elizabethville – Gao – Colomb-Béchar – Oran – Brussels experienced a crash involving Sabca S.73, operated by SABENA - Société Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne, with the event recorded near Oran Oran.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

12 people were known to be on board, 12 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 8, passenger fatalities: 8, other fatalities: 0.

On approach to Oran Airport, while flying at a height of some 2,500 feet, the three engine aircraft went out of control and crashed some 10 km short of runway. All 12 occupants were killed. Crew: Marcel Liedts, pilot, Auguste Closset, copilot, Roger Maerschalk, radio operator, René Verfaillie, engineer.

Aircraft reference details include registration OO-AGR, MSN 2, year of manufacture 1936.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 35.7022°, -0.4782°.