Toulouse – Perpignan – Alicante – Casablanca – Dakar

En route, visibility became low due to foggy conditions. The crew reduced his altitude to maintain a visual contact with the ground when the aircraft hit a sand dune and crashed. Both crew were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Flight / Schedule

Toulouse – Perpignan – Alicante – Casablanca – Dakar

Aircraft

Latécoère 26

Registration

F-AINF

MSN

680

Year of Manufacture

1928

Operator

L'Aéropostale

Date

June 29, 1928 at 12:00 AM

Type

CRASH

Flight Type

Postal (mail)

Flight Phase

Flight

Crash Site

Plain, Valley

Crash Location

Tarfaya Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra

Region

Africa • Western Sahara

Crash Cause

Weather

Narrative Report

On June 29, 1928 at 12:00 AM, Toulouse – Perpignan – Alicante – Casablanca – Dakar experienced a crash involving Latécoère 26, operated by L'Aéropostale, with the event recorded near Tarfaya Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was flight 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 weather. En route, visibility became low due to foggy conditions. The crew reduced his altitude to maintain a visual contact with the ground when the aircraft hit a sand dune and crashed. Both crew were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AINF, MSN 680, year of manufacture 1928.

Fatalities

Total

0

Crew

0

Passengers

0

Other

0

Crash Summary

En route, visibility became low due to foggy conditions. The crew reduced his altitude to maintain a visual contact with the ground when the aircraft hit a sand dune and crashed. Both crew were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Cause: Weather

Occupants & Outcome

Crew On Board

2

Passengers On Board

0

Estimated Survivors

2

Fatality Rate

0.0%

Known people on board: 2

Operational Details

Schedule / Flight

Toulouse – Perpignan – Alicante – Casablanca – Dakar

Operator

L'Aéropostale

Flight Type

Postal (mail)

Flight Phase

Flight

Crash Site

Plain, Valley

Region / Country

Africa • Western Sahara

Aircraft Details

Aircraft

Latécoère 26

Registration

F-AINF

MSN

680

Year of Manufacture

1928