Airplane Crash - Off Fethiye Point, Turkey 08/03/1953
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Off Fethiye Point, Turkey
| Date | 08/03/1953 |
| Time | 02:28 |
| Location | Off Fethiye Point, Turkey |
| Operator | Air France |
| Route | Rome - Beirut |
| Type | Lockheed L- 749A Constellation |
| Registration | F-BAZS |
| Cn/In | 2628 |
| Aboard | 42 |
| Fatalities | 4 |
| 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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