| Date: | Monday 12 March 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-BHRL |
| MSN: | 31 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 41 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF) |
| Lyon Satolas Airfield (LYS/LFLL) |
The pilot-in-command diverted from the guideline and the aircraft collided with a fence and obstruction lights marking construction work while taxiing to the departure runway. The right wing tank sustained substantial damage, leading to the loss of 500 kg fuel. The Caravelle was named "Dauphiné".
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photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Paris-Orly Airport (ORY); 26 September 1972
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