Paris – Croydon

On March 11, 1928 at 12:00 AM, Paris – Croydon experienced a crash involving Farman F.60 Goliath, operated by Air Union France, with the event recorded near Folkestone Kent.

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, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is weather. The crew departed Paris-Le Bourget Airport on a mail flight to Croydon. While cruising over The Channel in heavy snow falls, the pilot lost control of the aircraft that crashed in the sea off Folkestone. Both crew members were killed, among them André Schutz. The airplane was named 'Provence'.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AEFC, MSN 7, year of manufacture 1922.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.0831°, 1.1820°.