Mount Cimet
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| Mount Cimet | |
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 View of Mount Cimet (center left of the picture) from the top of Mont Pelat. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,020 m (9,910 ft) |
| Listing | Alpine mountains above 3000 m |
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| Geography | |
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| Parent range | Maritime Alps |
Mount Cimet or Cemet is a mountain in the Pelat Massif of the French Alps in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
On the night of 1 September 1953, an Air France Lockheed L-749 Constellation, registered in France as F-BAZZ, also known as Air France Flight 178, which was flying from Paris-Orly Airport to Nice Airport, crashed into the top of the mountain, with the loss of 42 lives,[1] including pianist René Herbin and violinist Jacques Thibaud.
On 24 March 2015, Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed close to Mount Cimet,[2][3] killing all passengers on board.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Accident description for Air France Constellation F-BAZZ at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2015-04-04.
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