Paris – N’Djamena – Bangui – Antananarivo

On December 26, 1945 at 07:30 PM, Paris – N’Djamena – Bangui – Antananarivo experienced a crash involving Lockheed C-60 LodeStar, operated by Air France, with the event recorded near Bangui Ombella-M'Poko.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in a wooded area located about 60 km west of Bangui Airport. All eight occupants were killed, among them Prince Vinh San of Vietnam. Crew: Guy Porte, pilot, Lucien Coulomb, radio navigator, Louis Rebout, flight engineer.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BALV, MSN 2380, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 4.3990°, 18.5961°.