Tag: Onboard Fire Investigation
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On This Day In 1968, Air France Flight 1611 Was Racing Toward Nice After Reporting Fire-Minutes Later, 95 Were Dead and a Missile Theory Emerged.
On September 11, 1968, Air France Flight 1611, a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III named Béarn, departed Ajaccio in Corsica for Nice with 89 passengers and six crew members aboard. The flight initially appeared routine, with clear weather and no reported problems. At about 10:28 local time, while the aircraft was descending through roughly 9,000…
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