1951 Misrair SNCASE Languedoc crash

Aviation accident in Iran 1951 Misrair SNCASE Languedoc crash Accident SE.161 Languedoc LeB 1951.jpg 250 SNCASE Languedoc of Air France SNCASE Languedoc of Air France, similar to the accident aircraft 1951 12 22 yes Weather Tehran, Iran SNCASE Languedoc Misrair SU-AHH Baghdad Airport, Iraq Tehran Airport, Iran 22 18 4 22 0 On 22 December 1951 a SNCASE Languedoc four-engined airliner of Misrair operating an international scheduled passenger flight from Baghdad Airport, Iraq to Tehran, Iran crashed whilst attempting to land at Tehran Airport during a snowstorm. All 22 people on board were killed. Aircraft The aircraft was SNCASE Languedoc msn 41, registration SU-AHH. SU-AHH 19511222-0 1 March 2014 Accident The aircraft, operating an international scheduled passenger flight from Baghdad Airport, Iraq to Tehran Airport was reported to have crashed 10 nmi km west of Tehran in a snowstorm. All five crew and fifteen passengers on board were killed. The aircraft is reported to have circled Tehran four times before contact was lost with the control tower at about 8pm local time. It was assumed that the aircraft had returned to Baghdad. The wreckage was subsequently discovered the next day in a ravine. Seventeen passengers were listed, but two of them had not boarded the flight in Baghdad.AIR CRASH NEAR TEHRAN 24 December 1951 4 52192 D Four members of the Technical Cooperation Administration (TCA), which oversaw the Point Four Program, were killed, including director American Henry G. Bennett.WORLD EVENTS IN EUROPE, ASIA AND AMERICA: A MISCELLANY OF NEWS Illustrated London News 5881 25 5 January 1952 References 35 41 21 N 51 18 49 E title Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1951 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Iran Category:1951 in Iran Category:December 1951 in Asia Category:20th century in Tehran Category:Baghdad International Airport Category:Airliner accidents and incidents caused by weather