US EditionMysterious Crash of the Ajaccio-Nice Flight in 1968: Research "by the End of the Year" to Find the Wreck
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The families of the victims of the crash of the Caravelle Ajaccio-Nice in 1968 hope finally to know the truth thanks to new research at sea The first research at sea aimed at finding the
Nearly 57 years after the air disaster of 95 victims, a decisive step is being taken. Undersea exploration campaigns will be carried out in an attempt to locate the wreckage debris off the coast of Corsica.
It is certainly one of the oldest "aircase": the crash of a caravelle in 1968 in the Mediterranean, which had killed 95 people. 57 years later, the court has ordered searches on the carcass, in a case where the hypothesis of a military blunder is flat.
Nice, 6 Sept 2025 (AFP) – First research at sea to find the debris of the Caravelle Ajaccio-Nice, in an attempt to identify the causes of her crash, which killed 95 people in 1968, will take place "by the end of the year", the lawyers of the victims' families said, citing a judicial source. [...]
How to conduct the investigation by 2300m of background, fifty-seven years after an aerial crash? The case is exceptional. But the challenge, not insurmountable. In 2004, the Bugaled Breizh is only 90m deep, when it is necessary to bail out this disappeared trawler with five sailors on board.
In a statement aired on Friday, the lawyers of the families of the victims of the Caravelle Ajaccio-Nice crash announced that research at sea would be carried out by the end of the year to try to locate the wreckage. This operation could allow for underwater photography and, if necessary, to collect debris to better understand the circumstances of the tragedy. It is a "historical advance in the family-led fight for 57 years."
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