- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | July 30, 1971 |
Time: | 1500 |
Location: | Near Pau, France |
Operator: | Military - French Air Force |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Exercises |
AC Type: | Nord 2501 Noratlas |
Registration: | 49 |
cn / ln: | ? |
Aboard: | 39 (passengers:36 crew:3) |
Fatalities: | 37 (passengers:34 crew:3) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The plane, carrying parachute trainees, crashed in the flatlands of the Pyrenees during a final approach and after experiencing an engine fire. Two escaped by parachuting out of the plane before it crashed. |
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