| Date: | Saturday 9 March 1968 |
| Time: | 23:17 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-6B |
| Owner/operator: | L'Armée de L'Air |
| Registration: | 43748 |
| MSN: | 43748/314 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 17 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Saint Denis -
 Reunion
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Saint-Denis-Gillot Airport, Réunion (RUN/FMEE) |
| Djibouti Airport (JIB/HDAM) |
After takeoff the crew did not follow the correct departure procedure and did not turn out towards the ocean after takeoff. They continued over the island until it flew into a hill.
One of the passengers was the French Chief of Defence Staff, General Ailleret.
Sources:
Laccident dun DC-6 Militaire qui entraina la mort du Général AILLERET / Jacques MOULIN
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