Prior to departing the ramp atthe crew asked the ground controller about the departure routes being utilized, and he replied that most flights were departing " A left turn was made after takeoff from runway 27L and circuitous routing was utilized, in conjunction with radar vectors from Miami Departure Control, to avoid areas of anticipated turbulence associated with thunderstorm activity.Ī similar departure pattern had been previously flown by another flight. Accident location: Exact as reported in the official accident report. Proteus Airlines.The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path. A Beechcraft D of Proteus Airlines, similar to the accident aircraft. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Lighthouse config jsonĬategories : in France Aviation accidents and incidents in Aviation accidents and incidents in France Accidents and incidents involving the Beechcraft Airliner accidents and incidents involving mid-air collisions Mid-air collisions July events in Europe. Aviation accidents and incidents in France. Retrieved 14 July Flight Safety Foundation. Mid-air collision over Quiberon Bay, France. It aired on 5 July and is titled Deadly Detour.
This accident was featured in the 16th season of the Canadian TV series Mayday. Following this accident, the BEA recommended that pilots should only cancel instrument flight rules flight plans in cases of necessity. Had the Cessna's transponder not been turned off and the Beechcraft's TCAS not been uninstalled, a pilot with expected reaction time would likely have avoided the collision by about feet. In documentation published by the Aeronautical Information Service in and and probably used by the pilot of the Cessna, the use of a transponder while operating under visual flight rules could be interpreted as optional. The investigation found that the Cessna's transponder had not been switched on. The cockpit voice recording ended at the moment of collision, and the flight data recording ended two seconds later in those two seconds the airplane rolled from 7. Later examinations of the D's cockpit voice recorder revealed that a passenger made his way to the cockpit and told the pilot and co-pilot of the presence of the Norway nearby, then suggested that the crew fly the aircraft closer to the ship. About seventy minutes into the flight, the crew made a request to the Lorient approach controller to deviate from their route slightly to the west to Quiberon Bay. Both aircraft crashed in the sea, killing fifteen people.
This accident was known as Quiberon Bay plane crash. On July 30, the Beechcraft D operating the flight collided in mid-air with a light aircraft over Quiberon Bay.