Le Dornier 24
Wreck approximately 20 m long, 6 m wide and 3 m high. It lies flat on the sand.
The Dornier 24 is a three-engine seaplane built in Germany. June 1, 1949. Near Port-Cros, the plane crashes into the sea. All three engines suddenly stopped. Captain Bohain, in command of the aircraft, decides to ditch the plane, but contact with the surface of the water is particularly violent. One of the floats broke away, and the plane flipped over and sank. The pilot was killed instantly, while the seven other crew members were rescued by a fishing boat, the Anne-Marie.
The wreckage lies quietly in 100 meters of water, its wings, fuselage, rudder, propeller and engines virtually intact. A swarm of anthias wrap themselves around the structures, and between the cracks stretch the antennae of numerous spiny lobsters.
Spoken languages
- French