Crash of a Cessna 402A near Zaghouan: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 20, 1970
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
TS-DAA
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Tunis - Tunis
MSN:
402A-0009
YOM:
1969
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a training flight out from Tunis-Carthage Airport. In unknown circumstances, the twin engine airplane struck the slope of a mountain located in the Djebel Zaghouan, southwest of the city of Zaghouan. Both pilots were killed.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52 near Zaghouan: 15 killed

Date & Time: Feb 18, 1954
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
4.S.5
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Oran – Bizerte
MSN:
1015
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
11
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
15
Circumstances:
While flying by night at an altitude of 3,600 feet, the three engine aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located about 10 km north of Zaghouan while on a flight from Oran to Bizerte. All 15 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Mr. Even, pilot,
Michel Hauss, pilot,
Mr. Bertin, flight engineer,
Mr. Lelionnais, radio operator.
Passengers:
Maurice Rouyer,
Raymond Le Saulnier,
Bernard Le Mancq,
Pierre Le Boulicaut,
Robert Gaudel,
Joseph Diler,
Ygnacio De Labaca,
René Automarchi,
Guy André 2.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Fairey Long Range in the Djebel Zaghouan: 2 killed

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1929 at 2240 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
J9479
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Cranwell - Cape Town
MSN:
01
YOM:
1928
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a nonstop flight from England to South Africa and the Royal Air Force ordered this Fairey Long Range Monoplane to establish a new record. The aircraft departed RAF Cranwell in the morning bound to the south. While overflying Tunisia by night, the crew did not realize his altitude was too low and was unable to distinguish the mountains (Djebel Zaghouan). Around 2240LT, the single engine airplane impacted the slope of a mountain located southwest of Zaghouan. The wreckage was found the following morning. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Arthur Gordon Jones-Williams,
Norman Hugh Jenkins.