Air France Flight 212 (1969)

Air France Flight 212
An Air France Boeing 707-320, similar to the one involved.
Occurrence
Date December 3, 1969
Summary Loss of control
Site near Caracas, Venezuela
Aircraft
Aircraft type Boeing 707-328B
Operator Air France
Registration F-BHSZ
Flight origin Caracas International Airport
Destination Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport
Passengers 41
Crew 21
Fatalities 62 (all)
Injuries 0
Survivors 0

Air France Flight 212 was a flight on a Boeing 707, registration F-BHSZ, on 3 December 1969. Flight 212, which originated in Santiago International Airport, was flying to Paris (France) via Lima (Peru), Guayaquil (Ecuador), Bogota (Colombia), Caracas (Venezuela), Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) and Lisbon (Portugal).[1]

One minute after takeoff from Caracas at approximately 3,000 feet (910 m),[note 1] the aircraft dived into the sea in about 160 feet of water.[1][2]

None of the 62 people on board survived.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Some early newspaper reports incorrectly stated the altitude as 33,000 feet (10,000 m)

References

  1. 1 2 ASN n.d.
  2. ↑ AP 1969.
  3. ↑ CAA 1974, p. 23/69.

Sources

  • "ASN Aircraft Accident Boeing 707-328B F-BHSZ Caracas Simon Bolivar Airport (CCS)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  • World Airline Accident Summary. Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom). 1974. ISBN 0-903083-44-2.
  • Associated Press (4 December 1969), "62 Dies as Jet Falls 6 Miles into Ocean: Air France Craft Lost at Caracas", Youngstown Vindicator, 81 (95), p. 1

Coordinates: 10°36′00″N 66°57′00″W / 10.6000°N 66.9500°W / 10.6000; -66.9500


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