What the records say
- When
- 1 Aug 1948
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 18.28° N, 17.00° W
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 52
- Injured
- 0
Placed at the coordinates of its Italian Wikipedia article.
Air France Flight 072 (1948)
1948 disappearance of aeroplane over Atlantic
On 1 August 1948, Air France Flight 072 went missing over the Atlantic Ocean, presumably killing all 52 people on board. The accident led to the withdrawal of the Latécoère 631 from service by Air France. It was the deadliest aircraft accident in the Atlantic Ocean at the time and also the deadliest suffered by that type of aircraft.
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