| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | August 03, 1953 |
| Time: | 0228 |
| Location: | Off Fethiye Point, Turkey |
| Operator: | Air France |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Rome - Beirut |
| AC Type: | Lockheed L- 749A Constellation |
| Registration: | F-BAZS |
| cn / ln: | 2628 |
| Aboard: | 42 (passengers:34 crew:8) |
| Fatalities: | 4 (passengers:4 crew:0) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The No. 3 engine broke away from the aircraft following severe vibrations causing loss of control of the No. 4 engine and necessitating a ditching 1.5 miles from the coast. Failure in flight of a propeller blade. Four passengers drowned. |
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