Croydon - Paris

On December 24, 1924 at 12:00 PM, Croydon - Paris experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.34, operated by Imperial Airways, with the event recorded near Croydon Surrey.

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

8 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 7, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from Croydon Airport, while climbing to a height of 300 feet, the aircraft suffered a technical problem, stalled and crashed in an open field located in Purley, some 2,4 km south of the airport, bursting into flames. SAR arrived quickly on the scene but it was impossible to rescue the eight occupants who were prisoner of the fire. The pilot and five passengers were British citizens, another was Brazilian and the last was a Chilean.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-EBBX, MSN 36, year of manufacture 1922.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.3734°, -0.1020°.