Paris – Lisbon – Santa Maria – Pointe-à-Pitre – Caracas – Bogotá – Lima – Santiago de Chile

On June 22, 1962 at 04:03 AM, Paris – Lisbon – Santa Maria – Pointe-à-Pitre – Caracas – Bogotá – Lima – Santiago de Chile experienced a crash involving Boeing 707, operated by Air France, with the event recorded near Pointe-à-Pitre All Guadeloupe.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

113 people were known to be on board, 113 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 10, crew fatalities: 10, passengers on board: 103, passenger fatalities: 103, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is other causes. While descending to Pointe-à-Pitre on a flight from Paris to Santiago de Chile, the crew encountered poor weather conditions at destination, worse than forecast. On approach by night, the four engine aircraft struck the slope of a hill (427 m) located 25 km northwest of Le Raizet Airport. The aircraft crashed in flames in a dense wooded area and was totally destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire. All 113 occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, the VOR was unserviceable and the approach was possible via an NDB only. Weather conditions were poor with low visibility due to thunderstorm activity in the area. Also, the aircraft was off course by 15 km due to interference on the ADF systems caused by the thunderstorm activity. Crew: Mr. Lesieur, pilot, Mr. Farret, copilot, Mr. Hurlimann, navigator, Mr. Pruvost, mechanic, Mrs. Micoud, stewaradess, Mrs. D’Horne, stewardess, Mrs. Page, stewardess, Mr. Epper, steward, Mr. Gassler, steward, Mr. Cage, steward.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BHST, MSN 18247, year of manufacture 1962.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 16.2656°, -61.5275°.