Air France Flight 007

Air France Flight 007 was a charter flight that crashed on June 3, 1962 while attempting to depart Paris's Orly Airport en route to Atlanta, Georgia via New York City's Idlewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport). The 707 carried 122 passengers and 10 crew, of whom 130 died. The pilot was Captain Roland Hoche, 39, assisted by First Officer Jacques Pitoiset, 40, and Flight Engineer Robert Barres, 42. This is the first single civilian jet airliner disaster with more than 100 deaths. When it happened, it was the worst single-aircraft disaster as well, and was also the third deadliest aviation disaster in history.

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