Airplane Crash - Basse-Terre, Guadaloupe, West Indies 06/22/1962
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Basse-Terre, Guadaloupe, West Indies
| Date | 06/22/1962 |
| Time | 04:01 |
| Location | Basse-Terre, Guadaloupe, West Indies |
| Operator | Air France |
| Flight # | 117 |
| Route | Paris - Pointe-a Pitre - Santaigo |
| Type | Boeing B-707-328 |
| Registration | F-BHST |
| Cn/In | 18247/274 |
| Aboard | 112 |
| Fatalities | 112 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | The aircraft crashed into a 1,400 ft. hill while on approach, 15 miles from the runway threshold. Nonfunctioning VOR station. Insufficient meteorological information given to the flight crew. Malfunctioning automatidirection finder due to the effects of poor atmosphericonditions. The aircraft was named Chateau de Chantilly. |
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