| Date: | Monday 28 November 1949 |
| Time: | 16:45 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54A-15-DC (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-BELO |
| MSN: | 10391 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 38 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Saint-Just-Chaleyssin -
 France
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO) |
| Lyon-Bron Airport (LYN/LFLY) |
The Air France C-54 took off from Orly (ORY) at 14:55 on a flight to Tunis via Lyon-Bron (LYN).
The C-54 was on final approach to the mist-shrouded Bron Airport when it contacted a tree on a small rise. It crashed and slid in fairly open country and caught fire.
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