Air Inter Flight 696Y
{{Short description|1972 aviation accident}}
{{Expand French|topic=transp|Crash de Noirétable|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox aircraft occurrence
| name = Air Inter Flight 696Y
| image = Vickers Viscount 724 F-BNAX Inter Orly 07.05.73 edited-3.jpg
| caption = An Air Inter Vickers Viscount 724 similar to the one involved
| occurrence_type = Accident
| date = {{start date|1972|10|27}}
| summary = Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error
| site = Noirétable, France
| aircraft_type = Vickers Viscount 724
| operator = Air Inter
| tail_number = F-BMCH
| origin = Lyon–Bron Airport
| destination = Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport
| passengers = 63
| crew = 5
| fatalities = 60
| injuries = 3
| survivors = 8
| Occupants = 68
}}
Air Inter Flight 696Y was a scheduled revenue passenger flight from Lyon–Bron Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport, France. On 27 October 1972, the aircraft operating the flight, a Vickers Viscount 724, crashed during the final approach to Clermont Ferrand Auvergne Airport. Of the 68 occupants on board, 60 perished.{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Vickers 724 Viscount F-BMCH Noirétable|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19721027-0|access-date=2022-02-05|website=aviation-safety.net}}{{Cite journal|title=La Loire dans le rétro: en 1972, cinquante-neuf personnes meurent dans un crash d'avion à Noirétable|journal=Le Progrès}}
Accident
On October 27, 1972, the Vickers Viscount 724 took off from Lyon–Bron Airport at 18:48, operating Flight 696 to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport. In Clermont, most passengers would take a flight to Bordeaux from Paris.{{Cite web|year=2014|orig-date=|title=Le Crash de Noirétable|url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x28ui09}}
The Vickers Viscount was carrying 63 passengers and 5 crew. It took off from Lyon in a violent storm, its last radio contact with the Lyon control tower being at 7:20pm and not responding to subsequent calls.
While approaching to land at Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport, it crashed around 7:20 pm in the La Faye forest, almost on top of the Mont Picot massif at an altitude of 1000 meters, in the Forez mountains. The accident occurred on the border of the departments of Loire, commune of Noirétable, and Puy-de-Dôme, commune of Viscomtat, with the massif between the two villages.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://bea.aero/fileadmin/documents/docspa/1972/f-ch721027/pdf/f-ch721027_06.pdf Final report] - BEA (France)
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