Blériot 155 crash, Oct 2, 1926 (7 killed), Leigh Kent
Blériot 155 accident on October 2, 1926 near Leigh Kent, United Kingdom with 7 fatalities. Cause: In flight fire starting in the port upper engine; the...
- Date: October 2, 1926
- Aircraft: Blériot 155
- Location: Leigh Kent, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 7
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: In flight fire starting in the port upper engine; the exact technical cause was not established.
An Air Union Blériot 155 (F-AICQ) on a Paris to Croydon service caught fire in flight over Kent on 2 October 1926. The pilot diverted toward Penshurst, but the aircraft rolled over and dived into the grounds of a house at Leigh, where it burned, killing all seven people on board.