1934 Air France Wibault 282T crash

1934 aviation accident May 2011 September 2019 1934 Air France Wibault 282T crash Accident 250 F-AHMP, the aircraft involved in the accident 9 May 1934 Controlled flight into terrain English Channel Wibault 282T-12 Air France F-AMHP Le Bourget, Paris, France Croydon, Surrey, United Kingdom 3 3 6 0 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. Aircraft The accident aircraft was Wibault 282T-12 F-AMHP, c/n 8.Denham 1996 23 The aircraft had entered service with Air Union on 21 August 1933, passing to Air France on formation.http://www.goldenyears.ukf.net/reg_F-11.htm Civil Aircraft Register – France, page 12 Golden Years of Aviation 17 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110528105725/http://www.goldenyears.ukf.net/reg_F-11.htm 28 May 2011 dead Accident The aircraft was operating a scheduled international passenger flight from Le Bourget Airport in Paris, France, to Croydon Airport in Surrey, United Kingdom. It carried three crew members 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 from Croydon confirmed the aircraft's position as 18+1/2 mi km west-southwest of Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. There were no further communication received. At the time, the weather conditions included low cloud cover. At 17:20 GMT, the Folkestone lifeboat was launched with instructions to search the sea at a position 12 mi km south east by south of Dungeness, where wreckage had reportedly been sighted. The Dover lifeboat also joined the search but thick fog hindered the search. Despite their effort, no trace of the aircraft was found. The Folkestone lifeboat did not return to its station until after 22:00 GMT. The absence of an SOS call from the aircraft indicated that it had crashed into the sea while attempting to fly below the low cloud base.Air Liner Lost 10 May 1934 14 46750 G On 18 May, a mailbag from the aircraft was washed up on the French coast.Mishap to French Air Liner 21 May 1934 7 46759 F Casualties The nationalities of the casualties were:- Nationality Crew Passengers Total French 2 2 4 British 1 – 1 Swiss – 1 1 Total 3 3 6 References Sources Terry Denham 1996 World Directory of Airliner Crashes Patrick Stephens Ltd Sparkford 1-85260-554-5 50 46 55 N 1 8 42 E type:event title Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1934 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Kent Category:Air France accidents and incidents Category:History of the English Channel Category:Airliner accidents and incidents involving controlled flight into terrain Category:1934 disasters in the United Kingdom Category:May 1934 in the United Kingdom Category:1934 disasters in France