Accident
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | Definitief |
| Datum: | 29 AUG 1960 |
| Tijd: | 06:47 UTC |
| Type: | Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Air France |
| Registratie: | F-BHBC |
| Constructienummer: | 4622 |
| Bouwjaar: | 1955 |
| Aantal vlieguren: | 16417 |
| Motoren: | 4 Wright 972-TC18-DA-13 |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 8 / inzittenden: 8 |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 55 / inzittenden: 55 |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 63 / inzittenden: 63 |
| Schade: | Afgeschreven |
| Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Plaats: | 1,6 km (1 mijl) van Dakar-Yoff Airport (DKR) (Senegal)
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| Fase: | Nadering (APR) |
| Soort vlucht: | Internationale lijnvlucht |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO), Frankrijk |
| Dakar-Yoff Airport (DKR/GOOY), Senegal | |
| Vluchtnummer: | 343 |
Flight AF343 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 2400m from the Mamelles lighthouse. Depth of the sea there was 40m.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The cause of the accident could not be determined" Bronnen:
» BEA
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Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Paris-Orly Airport en Dakar-Yoff Airport bedraagt 4161 km (2601 miles).
De afstand tussen Paris-Orly Airport en Dakar-Yoff Airport bedraagt 4161 km (2601 miles).
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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Lockheed L-1049
- 40e ongeval
- 564 built
- 4e zwaarste ongeval (toen het plaatsvond)
- 5e zwaarste ongeval (op dit moment)
Senegal- zwaarste ongeval