On 9 May 1934, a Wibault 282T-12 of Air France crashed into the English Channel off Dungeness, United Kingdom, while operating an international scheduled passenger flight from Le Bourget, Paris, France to Croydon, Surrey, United Kingdom. All six people on board were killed.
The accident aircraft was Wibault 282T-12F-AMHP, c/n 8.[1] The aircraft had entered service with Air Union on 21 August 1933, passing to Air France on formation.[2]
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The aircraft was operating a scheduled international passenger flight from Le Bourget, Paris, France to Croydon, Surrey, United Kingdom. It was carrying three crew and three passengers. The aircraft had taken off from Le Bourget at 11:15 local time (10:15 GMT) and passed over Le Tréport, Seine-Maritime at 12:10. At 12:19, a radio fix obtained from Croydon established that the aircraft was 18+1⁄2 miles (29.8 km) west by south of Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. There were no further messages received from the aircraft. The weather at the time included low clouds.[3]
At 17:20 GMT, the Folkestonelifeboat was launched with instructions to search the sea at a position 12 miles (19 km) south east by south of Dungeness, where it was reported that wreckage had been observed. The Dover lifeboat also joined the search. No trace of the aircraft was found during the search, which was hampered by thick fog. The Folkestone lifeboat did not return to its station until after 22:00 GMT. The lack of an SOS call from the aircraft indicated that it had crashed into the sea while attempting to fly below the low cloudbase.[3] On 18 May, a mailbag from the aircraft was washed up on the French coast.[4]
1934, france, wibault, 282t, crash, 1934, wibault, 282t, france, crashed, into, english, channel, dungeness, united, kingdom, while, operating, international, scheduled, passenger, flight, from, bourget, paris, france, croydon, surrey, united, kingdom, people,. On 9 May 1934 a Wibault 282T 12 of Air France crashed into the English Channel off Dungeness United Kingdom while operating an international scheduled passenger flight from Le Bourget Paris France to Croydon Surrey United Kingdom All six people on board were killed 1934 Air France Wibault 282T crashAccidentDate9 May 1934SummaryControlled flight into terrainSiteEnglish ChannelAircraftAircraft typeWibault 282T 12OperatorAir FranceRegistrationF AMHPFlight originLe Bourget Paris FranceDestinationCroydon Surrey United KingdomPassengers3Crew3Fatalities6Survivors0 Contents 1 Aircraft 2 Accident 3 Casualties 4 References 5 SourcesAircraft editThe accident aircraft was Wibault 282T 12 F AMHP c n 8 1 The aircraft had entered service with Air Union on 21 August 1933 passing to Air France on formation 2 Accident editThe aircraft was operating a scheduled international passenger flight from Le Bourget Paris France to Croydon Surrey United Kingdom It was carrying three crew and three passengers The aircraft had taken off from Le Bourget at 11 15 local time 10 15 GMT and passed over Le Treport Seine Maritime at 12 10 At 12 19 a radio fix obtained from Croydon established that the aircraft was 18 1 2 miles 29 8 km west by south of Boulogne Pas de Calais There were no further messages received from the aircraft The weather at the time included low clouds 3 At 17 20 GMT the Folkestone lifeboat was launched with instructions to search the sea at a position 12 miles 19 km south east by south of Dungeness where it was reported that wreckage had been observed The Dover lifeboat also joined the search No trace of the aircraft was found during the search which was hampered by thick fog The Folkestone lifeboat did not return to its station until after 22 00 GMT The lack of an SOS call from the aircraft indicated that it had crashed into the sea while attempting to fly below the low cloudbase 3 On 18 May a mailbag from the aircraft was washed up on the French coast 4 Casualties editThe nationalities of the casualties were 3 Nationality Crew Passengers Total French 2 2 4 British 1 1 Swiss 1 1 Total 3 3 6References edit Denham 1996 p 23 Civil Aircraft Register France page 12 Golden Years of Aviation Archived from the original on 28 May 2011 Retrieved 17 March 2011 a b c Air Liner Lost The Times No 46750 London 10 May 1934 col G p 14 Mishap to French Air Liner The Times No 46759 London 21 May 1934 col F p 7 Sources editDenham Terry 1996 World Directory of Airliner Crashes Sparkford Patrick Stephens Ltd ISBN 1 85260 554 5 50 46 55 N 1 8 42 E 50 78194 N 1 14500 E 50 78194 1 14500 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1934 Air France Wibault 282T crash amp oldid 1184996476, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
