| 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. |