SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc crash, Dec 22, 1951 (22 killed)

SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc accident on December 22, 1951 near Tehran-Mehrabad Tehran City District, Iran with 22 fatalities.

A Misrair SNCASE Languedoc on a scheduled service to Tehran was told a landing was not possible because of snow and low visibility, so it flew a holding pattern. After two circuits the crew started a second approach, and the aircraft crashed about 10 km west of the airport, killing all 22 people on board.

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