Crash of a Douglas DC-3 in Beauvais: 9 killed
Date & Time:
Mar 18, 1955
Operator:
Registration:
F-BAXL
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Beauvais - Beauvais
MSN:
20047
YOM:
1944
Crew on board:
9
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
The crew was conducting a local training flight at Beauvais-Tillé Airport. On takeoff from runway 31, the airplane encountered difficulties to gain height, hit power cables and crashed in a field. The aircraft was destroyed and all nine occupants were killed.
