Following further accidents in the area , in 1967 a '' Flight International '' article reported IN A STATEMENT in the House of Commons on June 5 about the accidents to the Air Ferry DC-4 at Perpignan on June 3 and to the British Midland DC-4M Argonaut at Stockport on June 4 ( see last week 's issue , page 926 ) , Mr Douglas Jay , President of the Board of Trade , said that he had given instructions for a " special review of the performance " of all operators of British-registered civil aircraft . He also said that there would be a public inquiry into the Stockport accident . The Perpignan accident will , as required by international agreement , be investigated by the French authorities with British representatives and advisers in attendance . The article continued : The case of the Perpignan accident is particularly important in relation to navigation aids and their use in areas of dangerous terrain . Since 1949 there have been at least nine crashes on or near Mt Canigou on the Franco-Spanish border : December 1950 , Air Maroc Douglas DC-3 ( three killed ) ; February 1953 , Noratlas ( six ) ; March 1955 , Douglas C-47 ( five ) ; July 1957 , Noratlas ( ten ) ; September 1958 , French Air Force Broussard ( five ) ; October 7 , 1961 , Derby Aviation Douglas Dakota IV 3 ( 34 ) ; January 11 , 1963 , French Air Force Constellation ( 12 ) ; September 11 , 1963 , Airnautic Viking ( 40 ) ; and June 3 , 1967 Air Ferry Douglas DC-4 ( 88 ) .
Stockport accident
Stockport air disaster
1961 Derby Aviation crash