View Full Version : Algerian military cargo aircraft crash in Lozere (France)
jcjeant
9th Nov 2012, 16:31
LEAD 2-Un avion de fret militaire algérien s'écrase en Lozère - Yahoo! Actualités France (http://fr.news.yahoo.com/un-avion-militaire-s%C3%A9crase-en-loz%C3%A8re-163332112.html)
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It was in fact a Casa C-295 carrying cargo for the central bank of Algeria (fiduciary paper).One of the six pax was from the Bank.
Looking at the picture the reg might be 7T-WGE, which is am Algerian C295...
jcjeant
9th Nov 2012, 22:21
Some infos ...
AviationSafetyNetwork
Status: Preliminary
Date: 09 NOV 2012
Time: 15:45
Type: CASA C-295M
Operator: Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jaza'eriya
Registration: 7T-WGF
C/n / msn: S-026
First flight: 2005
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127G
Crew: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6
Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6
Airplane damage: Destroyed
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: W of Saint-Germain-du-Teil, Lozère (France)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature: Military
Departure airport: Paris-Le Bourget Airport (LBG) (LBG/LFPB), France
Destination airport: Blida Airport (DAAB), Algeria
Narrative:
A CASA C-295M transport plane operated by the Algerian Air Force was destroyed in an accident near Saint-Germain-du-Teil, Lozère, France. There were six persons on board; two military personnel and four civilians. Four bodies have been recovered; two occupants have not yet been found.
The airplane came down on a hillside in an uninhabited area and burst into flames.
ALBATROS
10th Nov 2012, 11:10
Taken from Yahoo news
TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) - An Algerian military transport plane flying home from Paris crashed in southeast France on Friday, killing four of the six people aboard, police and fire brigade sources said.
They said the other two people were missing after the plane crashed in a mountainous, uninhabited area near the city of Avignon.
About 70 firefighters put out a blaze at the scene of the crash and found the remains of the four dead.
France's civil aviation authority said no information was available yet on the reasons for the crash.
Algerian officials were not immediately available for comment.
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus Military identified the plane as a Spanish-built C295 military transporter owned by the Algerian Air Force.
It said a team of technical experts was being assembled to help with the crash investigation.
(Reporting By Jean Decotte and Gerard Bon, writing by Nick Vinocur; Editing by Ralph Gowling)
Good aircraft, sorry for the crew. What a pity!!