1973 Nantes Mid-Air Collision

Name: 1973 Nantes Mid-Air Collision
Start: 1973-03-05

5 Mar 1973 · 47.02° N, 1.43° W

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When: 5 Mar 1973
Kind: Air disaster
Coordinates: 47.02° N, 1.43° W
Description: mid-air collision
Deaths: 68

1973 Nantes mid-air collision

Mid-air collision over France in 1973

The 1973 Nantes mid-air collision occurred when two Spanish airliners travelling to London hit each other over Nantes, France, on 5 March 1973. They were an Iberia McDonnell Douglas DC-9 flying from Palma de Mallorca and a Spantax Convair 990 from Madrid. All 68 people on board the DC-9 were killed. The CV-990 was able to make a successful emergency landing at Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base.

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