Date: | May 10, 1961 |
Location: | Near Hasci Messaoud, Libya |
Aircraft: | Lockheed 1649A Starliner |
Reg: | F-BHBM |
Airline: | Air France |
Flight No: | 406 |
Fatalities: | 78 : 78 |
While en route from Fort Lamy, Chad to Marseilles, France, the airliner crashed and burned in the Sahara Desert due to the detonation of a nitrocellulose bomb. |