Spain
Paraje Natural de la Albera
Description:
Lost Plane France
Status:
Already located!
Solution:
Paraje Natural de la Albera
Lat/Lng:
42.44487761339356, 2.9147536533883622
Found by:
adrientomic
J'ai trouvé la localisation précise : (42.44487, 2.91475)
Thanks! Can you find some more exact information about the location ?
Paraje Natural de la Albera, Espolla, España.
I pinned the Albera Massif, Massif des Albères, 66740 Laroque-des-Albères
France.
Remember the sacrifice of the four men that went to the plane and who died when it crashed: pilot Jean Pierre Davenat, co-driver Jacques Ogier, mechanic Roland Denard and the assistant Jack Le Bel.
The fire that had to become tragic began in French territory, because of a car that was burned next to the football field of Pertús. The tramuntana was blowing strong and pushed the flames and the fire went out of control and began to move south. The French sent the DC-6, which left the base of Marinhan, near Marseille. It was a commercial plane that had adapted for the extinction of the fire. The plane sprayed at the Albera and, when it was going to take off to overcome the nose of the Puig de les Canals, a blow from the wind that was facing it destabilized and the nose was embedded against rocks.
I believe I have located this now.
A French DC-6 adapted for firefighting crashed in the Puig de les Canals, in the Albera massif, on July 19, 1986, while working to extinguish a large fire burning around Alt Empordà, and the remains of the device continue to be the site of the tragedy.
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That plane is a DC6 if it can help you
I believe jojo is correct and I made a mistake. I found another photo and it doesn't have the TAI logo on the tail. The triangle logo looks like the Securite Civile logo but I couldn't find a blue and white aircraft to match the tail colors. Here is the other photo I located.
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Hi guys, any more informations about the laction of that plane ? I can't find anything when I'm looking for the TAI Flight 307
it is not certain to dagger 66, I read the investigation report of the crash. the damage done to the empenage does not correspond to the picture.
Tail section of TAI Flight 307 which was a scheduled flight operated by Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux (TAI) between France and the Ivory Coast via Mali operated by a Douglas DC-7C. On 24 September 1959, the aircraft crashed during its departure from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, France when it flew into trees. Following takeoff, the aircraft reached an altitude of 30 metres (98 ft), and failed to climb further before flying into a pine forest located 2,950 metres (9,680 ft) from the end of the runway.
Photo of aircraft.
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Map of broken sections of the fuselage.
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Story of crash and photo.
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