Air France Flight 343
1960 plane crash off Dakar, Senegal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Air France Flight 343 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Paris, France, to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, with scheduled stopovers at Dakar, Senegal and Monrovia, Liberia. On 29 August 1960, around 06:50, the aircraft crashed into the Atlantic Ocean while attempting to land at Yoff Airport, Dakar. All 55 passengers and 8 crew were killed. A tribunal concluded that the pilot, who had earlier been punished by Air France for recklessness, had continued to land without use of instruments in bad weather, amounting to willful misconduct.
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Accident | |
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Date | 29 August 1960 (1960-08-29) |
Summary | Crashed following aborted landing in rainy conditions; cause undetermined |
Site | Atlantic Ocean, off Dakar, Senegal 14°43′03″N 17°31′21″W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation |
Operator | Air France |
Registration | F-BHBC |
Flight origin | Paris |
1st stopover | Yoff Airport, Dakar, Senegal |
2nd stopover | Monrovia, Liberia |
Destination | Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
Passengers | 55 |
Crew | 8 |
Fatalities | 63 |
Survivors | 0 |
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