Paris - Tangier - Casablanca

On December 22, 1973 at 10:10 PM, Paris - Tangier - Casablanca experienced a crash involving Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle, operated by Sobelair, with the event recorded near Tétouan Tangier-Tétouan.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

106 people were known to be on board, 106 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 8, passengers on board: 98, passenger fatalities: 98, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane, leased by Sobelair to Royal Air Maroc, was completing a charter flight from Paris to Casablanca with an intermediate stop in Tangier. While descending to Tangier-Boukhalef Airport by night and poor weather conditions, the crew completed a circuit too far to the east when, at an altitude of 2,300 feet, the airplane struck the slope of Mt Mellaline located about 17 km northwest of Tétouan. The wreckage was found a day later and all 106 occupants have been killed. Most of them were Moroccan citizen flying back home for the end of year celebrations. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were poor with thunderstorm activity and a visibility below minimums.

Aircraft reference details include registration OO-SRD, MSN 69, year of manufacture 1961.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 35.7888°, -5.8145°.