1973 Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crash

1973 aviation accident 1973 Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crash Sobelair Caravelle Manteufel.jpg OO-SRD, the aircraft involved in the accident Accident 1973 12 22 Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error and navigation error Mount Mellaline, near Tanger-Boukhalef Airport, Tangier, Morocco Sud Aviation Caravelle SE-210 VI-N Sobelair for Royal Air Maroc OO-SRD Paris–Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France Tanger-Boukhalef Airport, Tangier, Morocco Mohammed V International Airport, Casablanca, Morocco 106 99 7 106 0 The 1973 Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crash occurred on December 22, 1973, when a Sobelair Sud Aviation Caravelle SE-210 (operating for Royal Air Maroc) crashed near Tangier, Morocco. All 106 people on board were killed. Aircraft The aircraft was a 12-year-old Sud Aviation Caravelle SE-210 VI-N. Its maiden flight was on February 23, 1961. It was delivered to Sabena on March 1, 1961, and registered as OO-SRD. In April 1971, the aircraft was leased to Sobelair. In December 1973, OO-SRD was subleased to Royal Air Maroc.OO-SRD http://www.skystef.be/regi/OO-SRD.htm SkyStef's Aviation Page 10 April 2024Sobleair OO-SRD – 12. December 1973 http://sudaviation.com/?page_id=275 live 2014-06-14 SudAviation.com SudAviation.com » Everything related to the SE210 Caravelle https://web.archive.org/web/20131005023736/http://sudaviation.com/?page_id=275 2013-10-05 Crash of a Sud-Est Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI-N near Tetouan: 106 killed https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-sud-est-aviation-se-210-caravelle-vi-n-near-tetouan-106-killed live 2021-03-17 www.baaa-acro.com Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives https://web.archive.org/web/20210614060700/https://baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-sud-est-aviation-se-210-caravelle-vi-n-near-tetouan-106-killed 2021-06-14 Accident The aircraft was leased to Royal Air Maroc to operate a passenger flight from Paris, France, to Casablanca, Morocco, with a stopover in Tangier. Most of the 98 passengers were Moroccan students and workers, as well as French tourists traveling to Morocco for Christmas. Nearly all of the eight crew members were Belgian, except for one Moroccan flight attendant.1973-12-24 A Jetliner Crashes In Moroccan Hills, Killing 106 Aboard (Published 1973) The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/24/archives/a-jetliner-crashes-in-moroccan-hills-killing-106-aboard-a.html 2021-03-17 0362-4331 The aircraft approached runway 28 at Tangier-Boukhalef Airport at night in rainy weather. During the approach, the aircraft made a delayed turn and entered a mountainous area. The crew was assigned a safe holding altitude of 3000 ft m. The flight was then cleared to land and the aircraft resumed its descent. At 10:10 pm (or 10:07 pm according to some sources,) local time, the aircraft crashed into Mount Mellaline, located 20 miles east of Tangier-Boukhalef Airport at an altitude of 2300-2400 ft m, killing all 106 people on board. It was the deadliest aviation disaster to occur in Morocco until the Agadir air disaster in 1975.Ranter Harro ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-321C JY-AEE Amskroud https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19750803-1 live 2021-03-17 aviation-safety.net Aviation Safety Network https://web.archive.org/web/20050317010012/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19750803-1 2005-03-17 Ranter Harro Morocco air safety profile https://aviation-safety.net/database/country/country.php?id=CN live 2021-03-17 aviation-safety.net Aviation Safety Network https://web.archive.org/web/20051111064502/http://www.aviation-safety.net:80/database/country/country.php?id=CN 2005-11-11 It remains the deadliest aviation disaster involving a Belgian airline and is the second deadliest accident involving a Sud Aviation Caravelle, behind Sterling Airways Flight 296.Ranter Harro ASN Aircraft accident Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VIN OO-SRD Tangier-Boukhalef Airport (TNG) http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19731222-1 live 2014-06-14 aviation-safety.net Aviation Safety Network https://web.archive.org/web/20050421080130/http://www.aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19731222-1 2005-04-21 1973-12-24 Jetliner Slams Into Mountain; 106 Killed 10 The Dispatch https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1734&dat=19731224&id=9nocAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1VEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5286,5784819 2014-06-14 Google News See also American Airlines Flight 965 References External links 19731222-1  35.67 -5.43 title Category:Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Category:1973 in Morocco Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Sud Aviation Caravelle Category:Royal Air Maroc accidents and incidents Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Morocco Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1973 Category:Airliner accidents and incidents involving controlled flight into terrain Category:December 1973 in Africa Category:Airliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot error Category:1970s disasters in Morocco Category:1973 disasters in Africa