Pax airship disaster
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The Pax airship disaster was the explosion of the Pax [pt] airship on May 12, 1902, in Paris, which killed the Brazilian inventor Augusto Severo and the French mechanic Georges Saché [fr].
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Accident | |
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Date | 12 May 1902 (1902-05-12) |
Summary | Explosion of an experimental airship due the proximity of the gasoline engine to the hydrogen envelope |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Airship |
Aircraft name | Pax |
Crew | 2 |
Fatalities | 2 |
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