Air disaster

Leigh air disaster

2 Oct 1926 · 51.22° N, 0.20° E

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When
2 Oct 1926
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
51.22° N, 0.20° E
Description
1926 plane crash of an Air Union Bleriot 155 in Leigh, Kent, England
Deaths
7
Participants
7

October 1926 Air Union Blériot 155 crash

Plane crash in Leigh, Kent, England

The October 1926 Air Union Blériot 155 crash happened on 2 October 1926 at Leigh, Kent when Blériot 155 F-AICQ caught fire in mid-air and crashed while the pilot attempted to make an emergency landing at Penshurst Airfield. Both crew members and all five passengers were killed. This was the first in-flight fire occurring on an airliner.

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