Flugunfall 01 SEP 1953 einer Lockheed L-749A Constellation F-BAZZ - Mont Le Cimet
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Datum:Dienstag 1 September 1953
Zeit:23:30
Flugzeugtyp:Silhouette image of generic CONI model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Lockheed L-749A Constellation
Fluggesellschaft:Air France
Kennzeichen: F-BAZZ
Werknummer: 2674
Baujahr: 1951
Betriebsstunden:6504
Triebwerk: 4 Wright R-3350 (749C18BD1) Cyclone
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 9 / Insassen: 9
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 33 / Insassen: 33
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 42 / Insassen: 42
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:Mont Le Cimet (   Frankreich)
Flugphase: Während des Fluges (ENR)
Betriebsart:Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug
Flug von:Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO), Frankreich
Flug nach:Nice Airport (NCE/LFMN), Frankreich
Flugnummer:AF147
Unfallbericht:
A Lockheed L-749A Constellation, F-BAZZ, was destroyed when it crashed into the side of Mont Le Cimet (3020 m), 80 km northwest of Nice, France. All 33 passengers and nine crew members were killed. Among the passengers a famous French violinist, Jacques Thibaud.
The airplane operated on an Air France service from Paris to Saigon. En route stops were planned at Nice (NCE), Beirut (BEY), Baghdad, Karachi (KHI) and Calcutta (CCU).
The airplane had initiated its descent for Nice when it struck the mountainside. Investigators concluded that the flight had deviated from the planned course for unknown reasons. The flight to Nice was planned via Montélimar, 150 km west of Mont Le Cimet. Over Montélimar it should have turned southeast for Nice.

Informationsquelle:
» Photos of the accident scene at Le Cimet in 2009
» Disaster in the air / Edgar A. Haine


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Distance from Paris-Orly Airport to Nice Airport as the crow flies is 671 km (419 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

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