Latécoère 28

Aeroposta Argentina

Crashed in unknown circumstances some 80 km from Comodoro Rivadavia. Crew fate unknown as well.

Air France

Crashed while flying in a thunderstorm near Istres. All three crew were killed. Crew: Pierre Lemoine, pilot, Marcel Lhuillier, copilot, Louis Gauthe, radio navigator.

Air France

After departure from Salvador de Bahia, crew confirmed by radio that all was going well on board. Few minutes later, while cruising off Aracaju, the single engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea. A day later, SAR found the debris of the aircraft and the dead bodies of the four occupants. Crew: André Depecker, pilot, Joseph Le Duigou, radio navigator, Auguste Morel, engineer, Fernand Clavere, navigator.

Air France

The single engine airplane departed Paris on an international schedule service to Buenos Aires with five passengers and two crew members on board. On the leg from Casablanca to Dakar, while cruising at night at an altitude of 3,000 metres, the engine caught fire. The pilot reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crash landed in rough terrain located about 50 km from the Cape Bojador, bursting into flames. Six occupants were injured while the flight engineer Jean Reig was killed. Crew: Marcel Goret, pilot, Frédéric Marret, radio operator, Jean Reig, flight engineer. †

L'Aéropostale

Following a stop in Barcelona, the crew continued to Perpignan and reported by radio at 1430LT he was climbing over clouds to have a better visibility. This transmission was the last one. Shortly later, while cruising in foggy conditions over a mountainous area, the aircraft collided with a small unoccupied house and crashed near Viladrau, southwest of Gerona. The aircraft was destroyed and all six occupants were killed. Crew: Jacques Emler, pilot, René Riguelle, pilot, Alfred Guychard, radio navigator.

L'Aéropostale

Shortly after takeoff from Port Étienne (Nouadhibou), the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances. The pilot Albert Pinot, sole on board, was killed.

L'Aéropostale

En route from Casablanca to Alicante, while cruising along the coast, the engine failed. The pilot attempted to ditch the airplane that crash landed some 50 metres off Carchuna. All eight occupants evacuated safely and swam to the beach. The left wing and the tail were torn off at impact.

L'Aéropostale

While flying along the Brazilian coast, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with thunderstorm activity, heavy rain falls and turbulences. Control was lost and the airplane crashed into the ocean off Guarapari. Few debris and all three dead bodies were found on a beach off Sarita near Setiba four days later, on March 2. Crew: Pierre Barbier, pilot, Victor Hamm, pilot, Georges Gourbeyre, radio navigator.

L'Aéropostale

While cruising over the region of Larache (El Araïch), the pilot encountered poor weather conditions with storms. He lost control of the airplane that crashed. All four occupants were killed. Crew: Germain Villetard de Laguérie, pilot. Passengers: Mr. Augusto Belesch, Mrs. Jeuille Dif, Mr. or Mrs. Monica.

L'Aéropostale

On the 13 of May 1930, the crew completed a non stop flight from Saint Louis (Senegal) to Natal in 21 hours and 10 minutes, establishing a new record. Between the 8 of June and the 8 of July, the crew tried 52 times to fly back to Senegal, without success. Each time, a technical failure forced the crew to return. On the 8 of July, the aircraft completed the flight from Natal to Saint Louis. While approaching the African coast, the engine failed, forcing the crew to ditch the aircraft some 900 metres offshore. All three crew members were rescued by the crew of ship named 'Phocée' while the aircraft named 'Comte De La Vaux' sank. Crew: Jean Mermoz, pilot, Jean Dabry, mechanic, Léopold Gimié, radio navigator.

L'Aéropostale

Few minutes after takeoff from Buenos Aires, while cruising at night, the crew encountered poor visibility due to foggy conditions. The pilot decided to reduce his altitude to maintain a visual contact with the water surface when the airplane hit a wave, flipped over and crashed in the Rio de la Plata. A passenger was seriously injured while four other occupants were killed. Crew: Élisée Negrin, pilot, René L. Pruneta, radio operator. Passengers: Julien Pranville, Raúl A. Sequeira Campos.