Vickers Viscount crash, Aug 12, 1963 (16 killed), Tramoye...
Vickers Viscount accident on August 12, 1963 near Tramoyes Ain, France with 16 fatalities. Cause: A lightning strike disoriented the crew, who could...
- Date: August 12, 1963
- Aircraft: Vickers Viscount
- Location: Tramoyes Ain, France
- Fatalities: 16
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: A lightning strike disoriented the crew, who could not determine their position and descended to a critically low altitude.
Air Inter Flight 2611, a Vickers Viscount 708 on a Lille to Lyon to Nice service, descended into storms on approach to Lyon Bron Airport on 12 August 1963. It struck trees, a farmhouse roof and a utility pole before crashing near Tramoyes, killing 16 people, including one on the ground. A five year old girl was the sole survivor.