Airplane Crash - Near Pau, France 07/30/1971
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Near Pau, France
Date | 07/30/1971 |
Time | 15:00 |
Location | Near Pau, France |
Operator | Military - French Air Force |
Route | Exercises |
Type | Nord 2501 Noratlas |
Registration | 49 |
Aboard | 39 |
Fatalities | 37 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | The plane, carrying parachute trainees, crashed in the flatlands of the Pyrenees during a final approach and after experiencing an engine fire. Two escaped by parachuting out of the plane before it crashed. |
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