Flugunfall 29 AUG 1960 einer Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation F-BHBC - Dakar-Yoff Airport (DKR)
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Datum:Montag 29 August 1960
Zeit:06:47 UTC
Flugzeugtyp:Silhouette image of generic CONI model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
Fluggesellschaft:Air France
Kennzeichen: F-BHBC
Werknummer: 4622
Baujahr: 1955
Betriebsstunden:16417
Triebwerk: 4 Wright R-3350 (972TC18DA13)
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 8 / Insassen: 8
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 55 / Insassen: 55
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 63 / Insassen: 63
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:1,6 km (1 Meilen) vom Land entfernt von Dakar-Yoff Airport (DKR) (   Senegal)
Flugphase: Annäherung (APR)
Betriebsart:Internationaler Linienflug
Flug von:Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO), Frankreich
Flug nach:Dakar-Yoff Airport (DKR/GOOY), Senegal
Flugnummer:AF343
Unfallbericht:
Air France flight 343 left Paris-Orly (France) with destinations Dakar (Senegal), Monrovia (Liberia) and Abidjan (Ivory Coast). The first intermediate stop was to be Dakar. Arriving near Dakar, the crew first carried out a baulked landing procedure on runway 01. After declining an ILS runway 30 approach the pilot decided to enter a holding pattern and wait for improvement of the weather conditions. Shortly after 06:41 another attempt was made to land at runway 01. After reporting downwind at 06:47 the plane disappeared in a rain squall and crashed into the sea at 2400 m from the Mamelles lighthouse. Depth of the sea there was 40 m.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The cause of the accident could not be determined"

Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: BEA France
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 2 years and 4 months
Accident number: final report
Download report: Final report

Informationsquelle:
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Distance from Paris-Orly Airport to Dakar-Yoff Airport as the crow flies is 4161 km (2601 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few 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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