ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 342576
| Date: | Friday 26 August 1921 |
| Time: | 13:32 |
| Type: |  Farman F.60 Goliath |
| Owner/operator: | SNETA - Syndicat National d'Etude du Transport Aérienne |
| Registration: | O-BLAN |
| MSN: | 17 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1920 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5,6 km off Calais [The English Channel] -
 France
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | London-Croydon Airport (-/-) |
| Brussel-Haren Airport |
A Farman F.60 Goliath, operating a mail flight from London-Croydon Airport, U.K., to Brussel-Haren Airport, Belgium, ditched in The English Channel off the coast of Calais, France. Both occupants, the pilot and mechanic, were reported missing.
Media reports at the time suggested there was a fire on board prior to the ditching.
Sources:
André Dillien OO registration lists
luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be
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