Marseille – Rome – Athens – Nicosia – Baghdad – Saigon

On January 25, 1948 at 12:00 AM, Marseille – Rome – Athens – Nicosia – Baghdad – Saigon experienced a crash involving Bristol 170 Freighter, operated by Société Indochinoise de Transports Aériens - SITA, with the event recorded near Mediterranean Sea All World.

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

5 people were known to be on board, 5 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: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The aircraft was on its way to Indochina to be delivered to the Société Indochinoise de Transports Aériens (SITA) and was carrying two British engineers and three pilots. While cruising between Turkey and Cyprus, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the Mediterranean Sea, about 100 km north of the Cyprus coast. No trace of the aircraft nor the five occupants was ever found.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BCJA, MSN 12802, year of manufacture 1946.