1970 Berrechid Royal Air Maroc Caravelle crash
Royal Air Maroc - RAM Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III · Crash resulting from avoiding the town of Berrechid, Morocco
From Agadir, Morocco to Paris, France
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- Unknown
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- Unknown
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III
- Aircraft type
- Sud SE-210
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- CN-CCV
- Operator
- Royal Air Maroc - RAM
- Onboard fatalities
- Unknown
- Route
- From Agadir, MoroccoTo Paris, France
Approximate · Estimated position: the centre of Berrechid, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
The 1970 Berrechid crash was an aviation incident involving a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III on a route between Agadir and Paris, with a stopover in Casablanca.
During the descent, the airplane lost altitude near Berrechid, a city around 30 kilometers from the intermediate stop Casablanca.
The crash resulted in 61 fatalities, with 21 survivors, six of whom were in critical condition. It was reported that four more people died later in hospital.
Crash
The crash was reported to have been a result of the plane dodging to avoid the town of Berrechid, Morocco. There is contention as to whether the aircraft hit high-voltage wires before crashing. The aircraft crashed on El Gara road, and spread debris over a 1000 sqyd area. The pilot attempted to land in a field, and a 50 m long furrow was created in the field. The crash site was near a narrow road.
61 people were killed directly after the crash. Four other people died later in the hospital of Casablanca. Several other survivors were in critical condition. Most of the people on board were French and Moroccan citizens.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: 1970 Berrechid Royal Air Maroc Caravelle crash
- Revision
- 1354907480 · 2026-05-18 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q122983377
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "1970 Berrechid Royal Air Maroc Caravelle crash" (page 75351432, revision 1354907480)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- centre of the town the Wikipedia infobox site names (GeoNames, CC BY 4.0)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- operator is an airline according to Wikidata
- Fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.