Croydon - Paris

On August 29, 1924 at 03:30 PM, Croydon - Paris experienced a crash involving Blériot Spad 33, operated by Air Union France, with the event recorded near Folkestone Kent.

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

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The pilot, sole on board, departed Croydon Airport at 1430LT on a cargo flight to Paris-Le Bourget. About an hour into the flight, just passing over Kent, the pilot encountered technical problems and elected to ditch the aircraft off Copt Point in Folkestone. The pilot was quickly rescued by fishermen while the aircraft was lost.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-ADBH, MSN 14, year of manufacture 1921.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.0831°, 1.1820°.