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Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.

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Air France Flight 1611

1968 airliner crash in the Mediterranean off Nice

Air France Flight 1611 (AF1611) was a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III en route from Ajaccio, on the island of Corsica, to Nice, mainland France, on 11 September 1968 when it crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off Nice, killing all 95 on board. According to the official report,…
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Nice

Prefecture of Alpes-Maritimes, Southern France

Nice is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million on an area of 744 km2 (287 sq mi). Located on the French Riviera, the southeastern…
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