- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | February 07, 1953 |
Time: | 1028 |
Location: | Bordeaux, France |
Operator: | UTA |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Abidjan - Bordeaux |
AC Type: | Douglas C-54A-5-DC |
Registration: | F-BFGR |
cn / ln: | 10290 |
Aboard: | 19 (passengers:13 crew:6) |
Fatalities: | 9 (passengers:3 crew:6) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Crashed into a grove of small trees and burst into flames while trying to land in heavy fog. Misjudgement by the pilot. Wrong altimeter setting. |
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