- 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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