Date: | Saturday 9 March 1968 |
Time: | 23:17 |
Type: | Douglas DC-6B |
Owner/operator: | L'Armée de L'Air |
Registration: | 43748 |
MSN: | 43748/314 |
Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 17 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Saint Denis -
Reunion
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Saint-Denis-Gillot Airport, Réunion (RUN/FMEE) |
Destination airport: | Djibouti Airport (JIB/HDAM) |
Narrative: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.
Sources:
Laccident dun DC-6 Militaire qui entraina la mort du Général AILLERET / Jacques MOULIN Location
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