Dewoitine D.33 crash, Jul 14, 1931, Nizhneudinsk Irkutsk...
Dewoitine D.33 accident on July 14, 1931 near Nizhneudinsk Irkutsk oblast, Russia with no fatalities. Cause: Engine icing.
- Date: July 14, 1931
- Aircraft: Dewoitine D.33
- Location: Nizhneudinsk Irkutsk oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Engine icing
The Dewoitine D 33 Trait d'Union left Paris Le Bourget on 12 July 1931 on an attempted nonstop flight to Tokyo. Its engine iced up over Siberia, so Joseph Le Brix and René Mesmin bailed out and Marcel Doret made a forced landing in a Siberian forest. All three crew survived unharmed.