Paris – Cairo

On October 23, 1946 at 12:00 AM, Paris – Cairo experienced a crash involving AAC.1 Toucan, operated by SOCOTRA - Société Coopérative de Tramping Aérien, with the event recorded near Wadi El Rayan Faiyum.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a desert crash site.

24 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 23 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 4.2%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 22, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While approaching Cairo, the crew continued to the south for unknown reason. Few minutes later, due to fuel shortage, the captain decided to attempt an emergency landing in the djebel Kalamoun located near Wadi El Rayan, southwest of Faiyum. The three engine aircraft crash landed in a desert area and came to rest. A passenger was killed while 23 other occupants were rescued.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BCHD, MSN 311.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 29.1961°, 30.3388°.