Air France Flight 212 (1968)
A similar Air France Boeing 707-320C | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 5 March 1968 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | La Grande Soufrière, Guadeloupe 16°00′N 61°42′W / 16.0°N 61.7°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 707-328C |
| Aircraft name | Château de Lavoûte-Polignac |
| Operator | Air France |
| IATA flight No. | AF212 |
| ICAO flight No. | AFR212 |
| Call sign | AIRFRANS 212 |
| Registration | F-BLCJ |
| Flight origin | Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, Santiago, Chile |
| 1st stopover | Jorge Chávez International Airport, Lima, Peru |
| 2nd stopover | Mariscal Sucre International Airport, Quito, Ecuador |
| 3rd stopover | El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, Colombia |
| 4th stopover | Simón Bolívar International Airport, Caracas, Venezuela |
| 5th stopover | Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe |
| 6th stopover | Santa Maria Airport, Santa Maria, Azores |
| Last stopover | Lisbon Airport, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Destination | Orly Airport, Paris, France |
| Occupants | 63 |
| Passengers | 52 |
| Crew | 11 |
| Fatalities | 63 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Air France Flight 212 was a scheduled passenger flight from Santiago, Chile to Paris with scheduled stops at Lima, Quito, Bogotá, Caracas, Pointe-à-Pitre, Vila do Porto, and Lisbon. On March 6, 1968, the Boeing 707 operating the flight, named "Chateau de Lavoute Polignac", crashed while approaching Le Raizet Airport in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, killing all 63 occupants of the plane.