What the records say
- When
- 13 Nov 1950
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 44.78° N, 5.84° E
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 58
1950 Tête de l'Obiou C-54 crash
Aviation accident in France
The Tête de l'Obiou accident was on 13 November 1950. Curtiss-Reid Flying Service had been operating a scheduled service between Paris and Rome since 1945. On 13 November 1950, a Paris-bound Douglas C-54B-1-DC aircraft crashed on the Grande Tête de l'Obiou mountain, 48 km (30 mi) south of Grenoble. All 51 passengers and 7 crew were killed. The aircraft was 50 miles (80 km) off course.
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