Oran - Alicante

On December 18, 1924 at 12:00 AM, Oran - Alicante experienced a crash involving Lioré-et-Olivier LeO H-13, operated by Compagnie Générale d'Entreprises Aéronautiques - CGEA, with the event recorded near Alicante Valencian Community.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. On approach to Alicante, an engine failed, caught fire and exploded. The crew attempted to make an emergency landing but the airplane crashed in the sea and was destroyed upon impact. Both crew escaped uninjured, took refuge on floating debris and wait for eight hours before being rescued by the crew of the French vessel named 'Aviateur-Rodier'. Crew: Jean Mingat, pilot Pierre Ducaud, radio.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AFDK, MSN 10, year of manufacture 1923.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.9259°, -0.7345°.