Antibes – Ajaccio – Tunis

On December 12, 1927 at 12:00 AM, Antibes – Ajaccio – Tunis experienced a crash involving Lioré-et-Olivier LeO H-196, operated by Air Union France, with the event recorded near Ustica Sicily.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. On the leg from Ajaccio to Tunis, while flying over the Mediterranean Sea, the crew encountered engine problems and ditched the aircraft off Ustica Island, north of Palermo. The crew was rescued three days later and the aircraft was recovered but considered as written off. Crew: Jean Ponce, pilot, Mr. Maillard, mechanic.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AIGM, MSN 01, year of manufacture 1926.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.7105°, 13.1913°.