Paris – Bangui – Dar es-Salaam

On December 8, 1950 at 07:37 PM, Paris – Bangui – Dar es-Salaam experienced a crash involving Douglas C-54 Skymaster, operated by Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux - TAI, with the event recorded near Bangui Ombella-M'Poko.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

56 people were known to be on board, 46 fatalities were recorded, 10 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 82.1%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 50, passenger fatalities: 43, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Four minutes after its takeoff from Bangui Airport, while climbing by night, the four engine aircraft hit the slope of a hill located about 16 km south of Bangui. Three crew members and seven passengers were seriously injured while 46 other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BELB, MSN 3084, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 4.3990°, 18.5961°.