Air France Flight 406 was a Lockheed L-1649 Starliner that crashed in French Algeria on May 10, 1961, after a bomb exploded on board. All 78 passengers...

Flight 406 may refer to: Air France Flight 406, crashed on 10 May 1961 South African Airways Flight 406, crashed on 13 March 1967 Millon Air Flight 406...

Air France Flight 2005 of 12 September 1961 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Paris-Orly Airport to Casablanca Airport with a stop at...

and incidents written in bold were the deadliest in that country. Air France Flight 406 exploded and shattered into pieces when a bomb was smuggled inside...

with a retracting undercarriage. The entry to service of the M.S.406 to the French Air Force in early 1939 represented the first modern fighter aircraft...

deadliest accident of the airline occurred on June 1, 2009, when Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330-203, flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashed...

of all 68 passengers and crew. May 10, 1961 – Air France Flight 406, named "De Grasse" broke up in flight after empennage failure over the Sahara Desert...

passenger and cargo flights, military passenger and cargo flights, or general aviation flights that have been involved in a ground or mid-air collision. As...

The French Air and Space Force (French: Armée de l'air et de l'espace, lit. 'Army of Air and Space') is the air and space force of the French Armed Forces...

Free French Flight refers to three specific fledgling units in the Free French Air Force (FAFL) which were created in the Middle East on 8 July 1940....

Switzerland. The flight was also a codeshare flight with Delta Air Lines. On 2 September 1998, the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 performing this flight, registration...

Adam Air Flight 574 (KI574 or DHI574) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Adam Air between the Indonesian cities of Jakarta, Surabaya...

1977. Air France and British Airways remained the sole customers with seven airframes each, for a total production of twenty. Supersonic flight more than...

The fuselage was found in 2015. May 10 – Air France Flight 406, a Lockheed Starliner, broke up in mid-air and crashed into the Sahara Desert near the...

No. 1435 Flight Royal Air Force, commonly abbreviated 1435 Flt, is an independent aircraft flight of the Royal Air Force (RAF). Currently operating the...

Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians), 1982. ISBN 0-85130-100-2. Pace, Steve. X-Planes: Pushing the Envelope of Flight. Osceola, Wisconsin: Zenith...

the 1934 French Air Ministry competition seeking a new fighter design. Despite the competition being won by the competing Morane-Saulnier M.S.406, it was...

the subject of plots or attacks by bombs and fire since near the start of air travel. Many early bombings were suicides or schemes for insurance money...

98 production aircraft Indicated Air Speed. Max cruise, 45 min reserves "Type-Certificate Data Sheet EASA.A.109: F 406: Issue 06". EASA. 29 October 2021...

of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground. 1961 – Air France Flight 406 is destroyed by a bomb over the Sahara, killing 78. 1962 – Marvel...

singing a rendition of the song "Daisy Bell". All 79 people on board Air France Flight 406 were killed when the Super Constellation crashed in the Sahara Desert...

1961's deadliest plane crash. The first took place on 10 May, when Air France Flight 406, a Lockheed L-1649 Starliner was destroyed by a terrorist bomb over...

Smith, Maurice A. (2 April 1954). "Fouga C.M.170 In The Air". Flight. Vol. 65, no. 2358. pp. 401–406. Taylor, John W. R. (1961). Jane's All the World's Aircraft...

Mont Agel, with GM 406 Additionally the French Air and Space Force fields a GM 406 radar at the Cayenne-Rochambeau Air Base in French Guiana to protect...

navale), or Aviation navale, or more simply l'Aéro) is the naval air arm of the French Navy. The long-form official designation is Force maritime de l'aéronautique...

during the Battle of France. Unlike the Morane-Saulnier M.S.406, which was at that time the most numerous fighter in the French Air Force, the Dewoitine...

The Free French Air Forces (French: Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres, FAFL) were the air arm of the Free French Forces in the Second World War, created...

maiden flight. Initial operational deliveries of this model commenced in July 1961; a total of 95 Mirage IIICs were obtained by the French Air Force (Armée...

This is a list of Royal Air Force independent Flights. An independent Flight is a military administrative structure which is used to command flying units...

8 Flight AAC was formed as 8 Reconnaissance Flight with the transfer of No. 1908 AOP Flight based at RAF Idris in Libya to the newly formed Army Air Corps...