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The investigation found that the Cessna's transponder had not been switched on. : 24 Both aircraft immediately fell to the water, killing all 14 passengers and crew on board the Beechcraft, as well as the sole occupant of the 177. 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 7.1 to 56 degrees left and pitched down 95 degrees. : 18 After they received confirmation of this request at 13:58, the Proteus crew's aircraft collided with the Cessna. : 9 At 13:57 the Proteus crew announced to the Lorient approach controller that they had reached the end of their 360° turn and asked to take a direct course for Lorient. : 9 At 13:56 the pilot of the Cessna contacted the flight information service at Quiberon as he passed Larmor-Baden and informed them of his intent to descend from 3,000 feet (910 m) to 1,500 feet (460 m). Īt 13:53, after first being cleared to descend to 3,700 feet (1,100 m) over the bay, the Proteus crew contacted air traffic control again and cancelled their flight plan to operate under instrument flight rules, switching to visual flight rules they then put the 1900D into a descent from 2,500 feet (760 m) to 2,000 feet (610 m) while making a 360° turn around the ship. : 21–22 At the time of this request, a Cessna 177 registered F-GAJE belonging to a local flying club took off from the airfield at Vannes for a local flight to Quiberon. Later examinations of the 1900D'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. The reason for this detour was to give the passengers and crew a view of the SS Norway (previously named SS France), at that time the longest ocean liner ever built in France. 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.įlight 706 took off from Lyon–Saint-Exupéry at 12:21 local time on a flight to Lorient Lann-Bihoué airport. This accident was known as Quiberon Bay mid-air collision. On Jthe Beechcraft 1900D operating the flight collided in mid-air with a light aircraft over Quiberon Bay.
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Proteus Airlines Flight 706 was a scheduled commuter flight from Lyon, France to Lorient, France. Mid-air collision over Quiberon Bay, France Proteus Airlines Flight 706 AccidentĪ Beechcraft 1900D of Proteus Airlines, similar to the accident aircraftĪ Cessna 177RG Cardinal, similar to the accident aircraft