| Date: | Wednesday 9 October 1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-74 Globemaster I |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronaves de Panama |
| Registration: | HP-385 |
| MSN: | 13915 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 13 km S of Marseille-Marignane Airport (MRS) -
 France
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Marseille-Marignane Airport (MRS/LFML) |
| Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA) |
The aircraft took off at night on runway 14, having misunderstood the ATC clearance which was runway 32. The plane crashed approx 7 NM south of the airport, hitting 800 ft high terrain only 15/20 feet below the summit.
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