SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc crash, Mar 3, 1952 (38 killed), N...
SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc accident on March 3, 1952 near Nice Alpes-Maritimes, France with 38 fatalities. Cause: Co-pilot's aileron control chain slipped...
- Date: March 3, 1952
- Aircraft: SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc
- Location: Nice Alpes-Maritimes, France
- Fatalities: 38
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Co-pilot's aileron control chain slipped off its sprocket and jammed
Shortly after takeoff from Nice Airport on 3 March 1952, an Air France SNCASE Languedoc on a flight to Paris banked left, overturned and crashed north of the airfield. The aircraft broke up on impact and all 38 people on board died, including two French actresses and a Welsh politician. The investigation found that a co-pilot's aileron control chain had slipped off its sprocket and jammed.