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2 unusual facts about Antonin Besse


Antonin Besse

His idea was to connect the port city of Aden and Hadhramaut region, but one of the planes crashed after one year of operation and replaced by another, then the second plane crashed at the Tarim airport in 1938, due to losses incurred he decided to close the company the following year in 1939.

The year 1934 saw the launch of the his first projects, a soap factory in Crater, but he had transferred the factory in following year to Mualla, where he upgraded the factory machines further.



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