F-BFGR — routes, history & safety record

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Safety history

February 7, 1953AccidentHull loss
The final approach to Bordeaux-Mérignac was performed in foggy conditions. Due to low visibility, the flying crew did not realize that his altitude was insufficient when the four engine aircraft hit the top of pine trees, stalled and crashed in flames in a wooded area located in Eysines, north of the airfield.
Douglas C-54 Skymaster · 3 fatalities
It was determined that the causes of the accident, listed in the chronological order of their occurrence, can be analyzed as follow: - unfortunate initiative by the tower controller and a misjudgment by the pilot-in-command leading to an attempt to land in insufficient visibility, - use of an attention-grabbing procedure by an excess of means for guiding in… Full accident record