What the records say
- When
- 3 Mar 1952
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 43.67° N, 7.21° E
- Description
- 1952 plane crash
- Deaths
- 38
1952 Air France SNCASE Languedoc crash
1952 plane crash
The 1952 Air France SNCASE Languedoc crash occurred on 3 March 1952 when a SNCASE SE.161/P7 Languedoc aircraft of Air France crashed on take-off from Nice Airport for Le Bourget Airport, Paris, killing all 38 people on board. The cause of the accident was that the aileron controls had jammed, which in itself was contributed to by a design fault.
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