Airplane Crash - Lyon, France 08/12/1963
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Lyon, France
| Date | 08/12/1963 |
| Time | 13:19 |
| Location | Lyon, France |
| Operator | Air Inter |
| Flight # | 2611 |
| Route | Lille - Lyon |
| Type | Vickers Viscount 708 |
| Registration | F-BGNV |
| Cn/In | 039 |
| Aboard | 20 |
| Fatalities | 20 |
| Ground | 1 |
| Summary | Struck by lightning while on initial approach in a thunderstorm. The accident resulted from exceptionally bad weather conditions in the area where the aircraft was holding at the request of Lyon Approach. The Board did not rule out the possibility of a flash of lightning dazzling the crew and causing temporary blindness or appreciably incapacitating both crew members. |
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