Tag: Air France Flight 117
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Today In 1962: The Four-Month-Old Boeing 707 That Vanished Into A Thunderstorm-Driven Mountain Just Minutes Before Landing
On June 22, 1962, Air France Flight 117, a Boeing 707-328 named Château de Chantilly, was nearing the end of a long intercontinental journey when disaster struck over the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. What makes the tragedy particularly haunting is that the aircraft was only about four months old and had successfully completed most of…
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