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  1. Cousteau died in 1979, aged 38, when his PBY Catalina flying boat crashed in the Tagus river near Lisbon. The investigation of the accident was not thorough, and competing theories exist to the present day.

  2. Off Alverca, the seaplane landed hard on the Tagus, causing the left wing to separate and the left engine to struck the cockpit. The pilot Philippe Cousteau, son of the French explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, was killed. Seven other occupants were injured. Probable cause:

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  4. Jun 29, 1979 · Philippe Cousteau; the youngest son of Jacques‐Yves Cousteau, the French oceanographer, died yesterday after the seaplane he was piloting capsized and sank Off Alverca, Portugal, a suburb 13...

  5. Philippe Cousteau, son of French explorer Jacques Cousteau, was killed in the accident. It has also been suggested that the undercarriage was down during a water landing.

    • Thursday 28 June 1979
    • N101CS
    • Philippe Cousteau
    • Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina
  6. 30 Dec 1940. Cuers, Departement du Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Death. 28 Jun 1979 (aged 38) Alverca, Vila Franca de Xira Municipality, Lisboa, Portugal. Burial. Buried or Lost at Sea. Specifically: 19 miles from the Bugio Lighthouse, on the Atlantic Ocean. Add to Map. Memorial ID. 32132304. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial.

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  8. Philippe Cousteau's Death. Photo from Ocean Futures Society. 1979 was most likely the worst of times for Captain Jacques Cousteau. While attempting to land an amphibious airplane, Philippe Cousteau, one of Captain Cousteau’s sons, crash landed in a river in Portugal.

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