Boeing B707 F-BHSZ Chateau de Kerjean
Boeing B707-328B F-BHSZ Chateau de Kerjean (msn 18459, line no.335), of Air France. First flown on 12 March 1963, delivered to Air France on 30 March 1963, but crashed on take-off from Simon Bolivar International Airport, Caracas, Venezuela on 3 December 1969, en-route to Pointe-a-Pitre-Le Raizet Airport, Guadeloupe, killing all 62 on-board. The accident report has been classified until 2029, but evidence emerged that decomposition products of high explosives were detected around components of the port main undercarriage
Picture No
13418319
Media ID
47793755
Size
5433px x 2416px
(4.5MB)
Credit
(c) The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
unattributed photographer - scanned from an original negative
Date
1970s
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