- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: October 23, 1972
Time: ?
Location: Tanna, Vanuatu
Operator: Air Melanesie
Flight #: ?
Route: Lenakel - Port Vila
AC Type: Britten-Norman BN-2A-6 Islander
Registration: F-OCRH
cn / ln: 221
Aboard: 8   (passengers:7  crew:1)
Fatalities: 1   (passengers:1  crew:0)
Ground: 0
Summary: After takeoff from Lenakel Airport, en route to Port Vila, the pilot wanted to show cattle to a passenger and decided to reduce his altitude when the twin engine airplane struck trees. Pilot error.
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