Saigon – Calcutta – Jodhpur – Marseille – Paris

On March 7, 1938 at 12:00 AM, Saigon – Calcutta – Jodhpur – Marseille – Paris experienced a crash involving Potez 62, operated by Air France, with the event recorded near Datia Madhya Pradesh.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 7 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: 4, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The aircraft left Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport in the morning bound for Jodhpur. While flying over Madhya Pradesh, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field near Datia, killing all seven occupants. Crew: Hubert Robin, pilot, Fernand Paujol, radio navigator, Émile Schwager, engineer.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-ANQR, MSN 4031/12, year of manufacture 1936.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 25.9183°, 78.6645°.