ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 342359
| Date: | Friday 8 May 1936 |
| Time: | 08:00 |
| Type: |  Lioré-et-Olivier H.242/1 |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-ANQG |
| MSN: | 10 |
| Engine model: | Gnome-Rhône 7Kd Titan Major |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Algerian coast -
 Mediterranean Sea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Marignane-Berre Seaplane Base (LFTB) |
| Algiers Harbour Seaplane Base |
The flying boat named "Ville de Nice" crashed into the Mediterranean Sea and sank. All occupants were rescued by a ship.
The accident was due to an error by the mechanic, who had inadvertently closed the fuel supply.
Sources:
Lioré et Olivier H-24 with Air France
El Litoral 9 May 1936
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