What the records say
- When
- 24 Nov 1956
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 48.72° N, 2.38° E
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 34
- Injured
- 1
Linee Aeree Italiane Flight 451 (1956)
1956 aviation accident
On 24 November 1956 the Linee Aeree Italiane Douglas DC-6B "I-LEAD" was an international scheduled passenger flight from Rome via Paris and Shannon to New York. Shortly after take off from Paris Orly Airport the airplane lost altitude and crashed into houses in the commune Paray-Vieille-Poste. 34 of the 35 people on board were killed, including Italian orchestral conductor Guido Cantelli.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article
The source
Nearby in time and place
- double murder of Montfort l'Amaury1955 · Murder
- Murder of Janet Marshall28 Aug 1955 · Murder
- Saar statute23 Oct 1954 · Treaty
- Paris Agreements23 Oct 1954 · Treaty
- Algiers putsch13 May 1958 · Coup
- Le Mans disaster: Eighty-three people are killed when two racing cars collide in the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans11 Jun 1955 · Event
- Marcinelle disaster8 Aug 1956 · Mining accident
- Eisenbahnunfall von Tournon-sur-Rhône3 Jul 1954 · Rail accident