

Descripción:
After takeoff the crew did not follow the correct departure procedure and did not turn out towards the ocean after takeoff. They continued over the island until it flew into a hill.
One of the passengers was the French Chief of Defence Staff, General Ailleret.
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | sábado 9 marzo 1968 |
| Hora: | 23:17 |
| Tipo: |  Douglas DC-6B |
| Operador: | L'Armée de L'Air |
| Registración: | 43748 |
| Numéro de série: | 43748/314 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1953 |
| Motores: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 9 / Ocupantes: 9 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 7 / Ocupantes: 8 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 16 / Ocupantes: 17 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Destruido |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | cerca Saint Denis ( Reunión)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Militar |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Saint-Denis-Gillot Airport, Réunion (RUN/FMEE), Reunión |
| Djibouti Airport (JIB/HDAM), Yibouti |
After takeoff the crew did not follow the correct departure procedure and did not turn out towards the ocean after takeoff. They continued over the island until it flew into a hill.
One of the passengers was the French Chief of Defence Staff, General Ailleret.
Fuentes:
» LÂ’accident dÂ’un DC-6 Militaire qui entraina la mort du Général AILLERET / Jacques MOULINFotos
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Distance from Saint-Denis-Gillot Airport, Réunion to Djibouti Airport as the crow flies is 3837 km (2398 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Saint-Denis-Gillot Airport, Réunion to Djibouti Airport as the crow flies is 3837 km (2398 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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Douglas DC-6
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- 77th loss
- 51st accidente fatal
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