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Air India Flight 245 crashes into Mont Blanc while on approach to Geneva Airport, killing all 48 people on board.
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Air India Flight 245
1950 aviation accident in France
Air India Flight 245 was a scheduled Air India passenger flight from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. On the morning of 3 November 1950, the Lockheed L-749A Constellation serving the flight crashed into Mont Blanc, France, while approaching Geneva. All 48 aboard were…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Mont Blanc
Highest mountain in the Alps (4,806 m)
Mont Blanc is a mountain in the Alps, rising 4,805.59 m (15,766 ft) above sea level, located right at the Franco-Italian border. It is the highest mountain in Europe outside the Caucasus Mountains, the second-most prominent mountain in Europe, and the 11th most prominent…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Geneva Airport
International airport serving Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva Airport – formerly and still unofficially known as Cointrin Airport – is an international airport of Geneva, the second most populous city in Switzerland. It is located 4 km (2.5 mi) northwest of the city centre. It surpassed the 15-million-passengers-a-year mark for the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
November 3
Day of the year
November 3 is the 307th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 58 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)