London – Paris

On February 10, 1950 at 12:00 AM, London – Paris experienced a crash involving Avro 652 Anson, operated by Transair UK, with the event recorded near Dammartin-en-Goële Seine-et-Marne.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley 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. The crew was performing a cargo flight from London to Paris, carrying a load of newspapers. On approach to Le Bourget Airport, and engine caught fire. The crew elected to make an emergency landing when the aircraft crash landed and came to rest in flames in a field located in Dammartin-en-Goële. Both occupants were slightly injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AJBA, MSN AX409, year of manufacture 1947.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.0530°, 2.6746°.