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Air France Flight 343
An Air France Super Constellation similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date29 August 1960 (1960-08-29)
SummaryCrashed following aborted landing in rainy conditions; cause undetermined
SiteAtlantic Ocean, off Dakar, Senegal
14°43′03″N 17°31′21″W / 14.71750°N 17.52250°W / 14.71750; -17.52250
Aircraft
Aircraft typeLockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
OperatorAir France
RegistrationF-BHBC
Flight originParis
1st stopoverYoff Airport, Dakar, Senegal
2nd stopoverMonrovia, Liberia
DestinationAbidjan, Ivory Coast
Passengers55
Crew8
Fatalities63
Survivors0

Air France Flight 343 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Paris, France, to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, with scheduled stopovers at Dakar, Senegal and Monrovia, Liberia. On 29 August 1960, around 06:50, the aircraft crashed into the Atlantic Ocean while attempting to land at Yoff Airport, Dakar. All 55 passengers and 8 crew were killed. A tribunal concluded that the pilot, who had earlier been punished by Air France for recklessness, had continued to land without use of instruments in bad weather, amounting to willful misconduct.

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