Paris – Marseille – Oran – Casablanca

On October 16, 1947 at 02:50 PM, Paris – Marseille – Oran – Casablanca experienced a crash involving Bristol 170 Freighter, operated by Société Aérienne du Littoral - SAL, with the event recorded near Cabo de Palos Region of Murcia.

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

44 people were known to be on board, 42 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 95.5%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 39, passenger fatalities: 38, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While flying along the Spanish coast, the radio operator informed ground by radio: 'one engine stopped, are forced to ditch the aircraft'. Shortly later, the aircraft crashed into the sea some 25 km southeast off Cabo de Palos. The first rescuers arrived on site 24 hours later and were able to evacuate two survivors, the mechanic and a passenger. All 42 other occupants were killed. Crew: Mr. Galindo, pilot, Mr. Remy, mechanic, Mr. Chase, mechanic, Mr. Chanel, radio navigator, Anne-Marie Rouannet, stewardess.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BCJN, MSN 12788, year of manufacture 1946.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.6333°, -0.6931°.