Toulouse – Perpignan – Barcelona – Alicante – Oran

On October 5, 1927 at 12:00 AM, Toulouse – Perpignan – Barcelona – Alicante – Oran experienced a crash involving Latécoère 21bis, operated by L'Aéropostale, with the event recorded near Roses Catalonia.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While cruising off the Spanish coast, the crew encountered engine problems and attempted to ditch the aircraft off Roses, Catalonia. During four days, the crew tried to maintain the aircraft floating but eventually decided to abandon the seaplane and was rescued by the crew of the Italian ship named 'Monteponi'. While all three crew members were slightly injured, the aircraft sank and was lost. Crew: René Mercier, pilot, Antoine Mattei, radio, Edmond Roux, mechanic.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AIHN, MSN 72/1, year of manufacture 1927.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.2632°, 3.1755°.