US EditionWreckage of Crashed Plane Found After Almost 60 Years: Was the Military to Blame?
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Divers have found the wreckage of a passenger plane that crashed near Nice on the southern French coast nearly 60 years ago, killing 95 people, at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, French media reported. Investigators suspect the French military may have caused the plane to crash.
The search at sea for the debris of the Caravelle Ajaccio-Nice, in an attempt to understand the causes of her crash, which had caused 95 deaths in 1968, made it possible to identify many parts, announced on Wednesday the lawyers of the families of the victims.A series of underwater photographs carried out by the National Navy in the area of 8 km2 considered the suspected site of the crash allowed to identify the tail and reactors of the plane, a…
The air France flight from Corsica to Nice had fallen into the sea in front of the Côte d'Azur, 95 people were killed. There is a suspicion of accidental shooting in the room.
On 11 September 1968, the aircraft carrying 89 passengers and six crew members crashed at sea a few kilometres from Cape Antibes. 57 years after the disaster, elements of the aircraft's tail and two probable engines were discovered during dives last October.
The numerous pieces identified should help to understand the causes of the crash which had caused 95 deaths in 1968. Family lawyers praised "a major step forward".
The families of the victims expect a great deal from this discovery in order to finally completely elucidate this air disaster.
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