Bordeaux – Gibraltar – Casablanca

On April 11, 1948 at 12:00 AM, Bordeaux – Gibraltar – Casablanca experienced a crash involving Bristol 170 Freighter, operated by Compagnie Air Transport - CAT, with the event recorded near Algeciras Andalusia.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a mountains crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Shortly after a night takeoff from Gibraltar, while climbing to an altitude of 2,500 to 3,000 feet, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located in Los Barrios, northwest of Algeciras. The aircraft was destroyed and all three crew members were killed. They were performing a cargo flight from Bordeaux to Casablanca with an intermediate stop in Gibraltar. The aircraft was carrying a load of four tons of various goods.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BENG, MSN 12812, year of manufacture 1947.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 36.1312°, -5.4474°.