First mid-air collision of airliners

When

7 Apr 1922

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

49.63° N, 1.95° E

Description

1922 mid-air collision between a Farman F.60 and a de Havilland DH.18A over France

Deaths

5

Participants

5

First fatal mid air collision

The 1922 Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine mid-air collision took place on 7 April 1922 over Picardie, France, involving British and French passenger-carrying biplanes. The midair collision occurred in foggy conditions. A British aircraft flying from Croydon to Paris with only mail on board collided with a French aircraft flying three passengers from Paris to Croydon, which resulted in seven deaths.

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