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Crash of a Percival P.10 Vega Gull of Cape Leucate: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 25, 1946
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
HB-OMO
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Barcelona - Geneva
MSN:
K.64
YOM:
1937
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane departed Barcelona on an on-demand taxi flight to Geneva, carrying two passengers and one pilot. While flying along the French coast, the pilot encountered an unexpected situation and lost control of the airplane that crashed in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Leucate. The aircraft was destroyed and all three occupants were killed, among them the Swiss aviator Charles Hautier and the German Director Franz von Hoesslin who was travelling back to Geneva with his wife Emma.
Crew:
Charles Hautier, pilot.
Passengers:
Franz von Hoesslin,
Emma von Hoesslin.