Air France Flight 117
F-BHST, the aircraft involved in the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 22 June 1962 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
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| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 707–328 |
| Aircraft name | Château de Chantilly |
| Operator | Air France |
| IATA flight No. | AF117 |
| ICAO flight No. | AFR117 |
| Call sign | AIRFRANS 117 |
| Registration | F-BHST |
| Flight origin | Paris Orly Airport, Paris, France |
| 1st stopover | Lisbon Airport, Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2nd stopover | Santa Maria Airport, Santa Maria, Azores |
| 3rd stopover | Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe |
| 4th stopover | Simón Bolívar International Airport, Caracas, Venezuela |
| Last stopover | Jorge Chávez International Airport, Lima, Peru |
| Destination | Los Cerillos, Santiago, Chile |
| Occupants | 113 |
| Passengers | 103 |
| Crew | 10 |
| Fatalities | 113 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Air France Flight 117 was a multi-leg international scheduled flight from Paris-Orly Airport via Lisbon, the Azores, Guadeloupe and Peru to Santiago, Chile, which crashed on 22 June 1962 killing 113 people.
This was the second accident in less than three weeks with an Air France Boeing 707 after the crash on 3 June 1962.