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Air France Flight 117
An Air France Boeing 707–320 similar to the crashed aircraft
Accident
Date
22 June 1962
Summary
Controlled flight into terrain
Site
Dos D'Ane, 25 km (15.5 mi) WNW of Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe 16°18′40″N61°46′05″W / 16.311°N 61.768°W / 16.311; -61.768
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 707–328
Aircraft name
Chateau de Chantilly
Operator
Air France
Registration
F-BHST
Flight origin
Paris Orly Airport, Paris, France
1st stopover
Lisbon Airport, Lisbon, Portugal
2nd stopover
Santa Maria Airport, Santa Maria, Azores
3rd stopover
Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
4th stopover
Simón Bolívar International Airport, Caracas, Venezuela
Last stopover
Jorge Chávez International Airport, Lima, Peru
Destination
Los Cerillos, Santiago, Chile
Occupants
113
Passengers
103
Crew
10
Fatalities
113
Survivors
0
Air France Flight 117 was a multi-leg international scheduled flight from Paris-Orly Airport via Lisbon, the Azores, Guadeloupe and Peru to Santiago, Chile, which crashed on 22 June 1962. The Boeing 707–328 aircraft involved in the accident was just four months old.
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