| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | July 30, 1998 |
| Time: | 15:58 |
| Location: | Near Quiberon, France |
| Operator: | Proteus Air / Private |
| Flight #: | 706 |
| Route: | Lyon - Lorient |
| AC Type: | Beechcraft 1900D / Cessna 177 |
| Registration: | F-GSJM/F-GAJE |
| cn / ln: | UE-238 |
| Aboard: | 15 (passengers:12 crew:3) |
| Fatalities: | 15 (passengers:12 crew:3) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Midair collision. The Beechcraft was on a flight from Lyon to Lorient, approaching Lorient, when it requested permission to fly over the ocean liner Norway. While circling the Norway, it collided with the Cessna. One killed aboard the Cessna, 14 aboard the Beechcraft. Failure of both pilots to "see and avoid" each other under VFR condition. |
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