Détails:
A Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III passenger plane, registered F-BOHB and named "Bearn", was destroyed in an accident 41 km south off Nice, France. All 89 passengers and six crew members were killed.
Air France flight 1611 departed Ajaccio, Corsica at 10:09 on a regular flight to Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE). The Caravelle was overhead the Mediterranean Sea at 10:30 when the crew reported unspecified problems and requested a direct approach to Nice. This was approved. At 10:31 the flight contacted Nice Approach and reported a fire on board, repeating their request for an emergency landing at Nice.
Nice Approach cleared the flight to descend to 2000 feet without restrictions. Last radio contact was at 10:32 when the crew radioed: "On va crasher si ça continue." ("We will crash if this continues"). At 10:34 the airplane struck the surface of the sea.
It appeared that the fire had originated in the rear of the cabin in the right lavatory and galley area.
It has been suggested in several tv shows that the airplane was struck by an unarmed missile, fired during French military practice.
La commission a conclu que la perte de F-BOHB avait pour cause un incendie dans la cabine, incendie dont elle n'a pu déterminer l'origine.
| Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | mercredi 11 septembre 1968 |
| Heure: | 10:34 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III |
| Compagnie: | Air France |
| Immatriculation: | F-BOHB |
| Numéro de série: | 244 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1968 |
| Heures de vol: | 1001 |
| Cycles: | 579 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Rolls-Royce Avon 527B |
| Equipage: | victimes: 6 / à bord: 6 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 89 / à bord: 89 |
| Total: | victimes: 95 / à bord: 95 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Détruit |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 41 km (25.6 milles) S de Nice, France ( Mer Méditerranée)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Ajaccio-Campo dell'Oro Airport (AJA/LFKJ), France |
| Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE/LFMN), France | |
| Numéro de vol: | AF1611 |
A Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III passenger plane, registered F-BOHB and named "Bearn", was destroyed in an accident 41 km south off Nice, France. All 89 passengers and six crew members were killed.
Air France flight 1611 departed Ajaccio, Corsica at 10:09 on a regular flight to Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE). The Caravelle was overhead the Mediterranean Sea at 10:30 when the crew reported unspecified problems and requested a direct approach to Nice. This was approved. At 10:31 the flight contacted Nice Approach and reported a fire on board, repeating their request for an emergency landing at Nice.
Nice Approach cleared the flight to descend to 2000 feet without restrictions. Last radio contact was at 10:32 when the crew radioed: "On va crasher si ça continue." ("We will crash if this continues"). At 10:34 the airplane struck the surface of the sea.
It appeared that the fire had originated in the rear of the cabin in the right lavatory and galley area.
It has been suggested in several tv shows that the airplane was struck by an unarmed missile, fired during French military practice.
Probable Cause:
La commission a conclu que la perte de F-BOHB avait pour cause un incendie dans la cabine, incendie dont elle n'a pu déterminer l'origine.
Accident investigation:
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Ajaccio-Campo dell'Oro Airport et Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport est de 231 km (144 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
La distance entre Ajaccio-Campo dell'Oro Airport et Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport est de 231 km (144 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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