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The first mid-air collision of airliners took place on 7 April 1922 over Picardie, France, involving British and French passenger-carrying biplanes. The collision in fog of the British aircraft flying Croydon-Paris with only mail on board with the French aircraft flying three passengers Paris-Croydon resulted in seven deaths. ==Background== Following World War I, there was a steep decline in demand for military aircraft and their pilots. Like other countries, France and Britain turned to establishing a civilian air industry, initially converting military designs to domestic purposes. The first Airco-designed aircraft for airline work after World War I was the de Havilland DH.18A. One aircraft owned by the Air Ministry (registration ''G-EAWO''), was transferred from Instone Air Line to Daimler Hire Limited for operation on the Croydon-Paris route until the three de Havilland DH.34s which Daimler had on order could be delivered.〔("Americans Die in French Air Crash" ) ''The New York Times''. 8 April 1922.〕 The service commenced that week on 2 April 1922. The French company ''Compagnie des Grands Express Aériens'' (CGEA) was operating a Farman Goliath (registration F-GEAD) on a daily service from Le Bourget to Croydon.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「First mid-air collision of airliners」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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