Learn about the first accident in the history of civil aviation .. April 1922

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The French airspace witnessed the first civil aviation accident in the air, where the accident took place on the seventh of April 1922 after the collision of the first French and the second English over the city of Picardy, and the victim of the accident all those on the aircraft and the seven people .

The cause of the accident was the spread of heavy fog over French airspace and the French plane, which was named Goliath With registration F-GEAD A two-wing aircraft converted from a military aircraft in World War I to a civilian passenger plane en route from Le Bourget to Cardion, with five passengers including the crew, while the second flight was named de Havilland DH-18A Of the English company Delamer was intended to transport mail and was heading from Cardon to Le Bourget but because of the heavy fog and rain, the pilots could not see after them and collided with each other to fall together and take the first civil aviation accident in history.

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