Air France Flight 007
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This article is about the 1962 Air France crash. For the 1983 Korean Airlines incident, see Korean Air Lines Flight 007. For other uses, see Flight 7.
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Accident | |
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Date | 3 June 1962 |
Summary | Rejected takeoff due to mechanical failure |
Site | Orly Airport, Paris, France |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 707-328 |
Aircraft name | Chateau de Sully |
Operator | Air France |
Registration | F-BHSM |
Flight origin | Paris-Orly Airport, Paris, France |
1st stopover | Idlewild Airport, New York City, United States |
2nd stopover | Atlanta Municipal Airport, Atlanta, United States |
Destination | Houston Municipal Airport, Houston, United States |
Occupants | 132 |
Passengers | 122 |
Crew | 10 |
Fatalities | 130 |
Injuries | 2 |
Survivors | 2 |
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Air France Flight 007 crashed on 3 June 1962 while on take-off from Orly Airport. The only survivors of the disaster were two flight attendants; the other eight crew members, and all 122 passengers on board the Boeing 707, were killed. The crash was at the time the worst single-aircraft disaster and the deadliest crash involving a Boeing 707. It was also the first single civilian jet airliner disaster with more than 100 deaths.