Dakar – Gao – Algiers

On January 13, 1943 at 12:00 AM, Dakar – Gao – Algiers experienced a crash involving Lockheed 14 Super Electra, operated by Air France, with the event recorded near Aguelhok Kidal.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 3 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While performing a cargo flight from Dakar to Algiers via Gao, the twin engine aircraft crashed in a desert area following an engine failure. All three crew members were killed. Crew: Marc Cariou, pilot, Léopold Gimié, radio navigator, Joseph Lefèvre, flight engineer.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-ARRF, MSN 1506, year of manufacture 1939.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 19.4642°, 0.8574°.