Airplane Crash - Stah, Algeria 05/10/1961
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Stah, Algeria
| Date | 05/10/1961 |
| Time | 02:30 |
| Location | Stah, Algeria |
| Operator | Air France |
| Flight # | 406 |
| Route | Fort Lamy, Chad - Marseilles, France |
| Type | Lockheed 1649A Starliner |
| Registration | F-BHBM |
| Cn/In | 1027 |
| Aboard | 78 |
| Fatalities | 78 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | While en route from Fort Lamy, Chad to Marseilles, France, the airliner crashed and burned in the Sahara Desert on the Algeria / Libya border. Detonation of a nitrocellulose bomb. |
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