Date:	Friday 22 March 1974
Time:	04:00
Type:	Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III
Owner/operator:	Air Inter
Registration:	F-BSRY
MSN:	258
Year of manufacture:	1970
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Other
Location:	Bastia-Poretta Airport (BIA) -   France
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Bastia-Poretta Airport (BIA/LFKB)
Destination airport:	Marseille-Marignane Airport (MRS/LFML)

Narrative:
On the ground an explosion occurred in the forward landing gear compartment, causing substantial damage.

Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA

photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Paris-Orly Airport (ORY); 26 September 1972

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