Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 29 December 1953
Aircraft Type: Nord 2501 Noratlas
Owner/operator: L’Arme de L’Air
Registration Number: 2/F-SDAC
Location: Pic de Costabonne, Pyrnes Mountains –
ÿ France
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10
Component Affected: Noratlas transport planeNoratlas transport plane
Category: Accident
On January 5, 1954, a Noratlas transport plane disappeared over the Pyrnes Mountains during a flight from Algeria to Mont-De-Marsan Air Base in France. A search party discovered the wreckage.On January 5, 1954, a Noratlas transport plane disappeared over the Pyrnes Mountains during a flight from Algeria to Mont-De-Marsan Air Base in France. A search party discovered the wreckage.
Description
The Noratlas transport plane went missing over the Pyrnes Mountains during a flight from Algeria to Mont-De-Marsan Air Base in France. A search party of Spanish civil guards found the wreckage January 5, 1954.
Source of Information
http://www.aerosteles.net/fiche.php?code=mdm-noratlas2&lang=frhttp://www.aerosteles.net/fiche.php?code=mdm-noratlas2&lang=frPrimary Cause
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