Air France Flight 212 (1968)

When

6 Mar 1968

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

16.00° N, 61.70° W

Description

1968 aviation accident

Deaths

63

Fatal aviation accident in Guadeloupe

Air France Flight 212 was a scheduled passenger flight from Santiago, Chile to Paris with scheduled stops at Lima, Quito, Bogotá, Caracas, Pointe-à-Pitre, Vila do Porto, and Lisbon. On March 6, 1968, the Boeing 707 operating the flight, named "Chateau de Lavoute Polignac", crashed while approaching Le Raizet Airport in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, killing all 63 occupants of the plane.

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