- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: June 14, 1950
Time: 0153
Location: Bahrain
Operator: Air France
Flight #: ?
Route: Saigon - Karachi - Bahrain - Paris
AC Type: Douglas DC-4
Registration: F-BBDM
cn / ln: 42990
Aboard: 53   (passengers:45  crew:8)
Fatalities: 40   (passengers:37  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: On final approach at night, the aircraft hit the water surface and crashed into the Persian Gulf, few hundred yards short of the runway 29 threshold.
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