1951 Misrair SNCASE Languedoc crash

SNCASE Languedoc of Air France, similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date	22 December 1951 (1951-12-22)
Summary	Weather
Site	Tehran, Iran
Aircraft
Aircraft type	SNCASE Languedoc
Operator	Misrair
Registration	SU-AHH
Flight origin	Baghdad Airport, Iraq
Destination	Tehran Airport, Iran
Passengers	15
Crew	5
Fatalities	20
Survivors	0

The 1951 Misrair SNCASE Languedoc crash occurred on 22 December 1951 when a SNCASE Languedoc of Misrair crashed whilst attempting to land at Tehran Airport, Iran during a snowstorm. All 22 people on board were killed. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled passenger flight from Baghdad Airport, Iraq to Tehran.

Aircraft

The accident aircraft was SNCASE Languedoc msn 41, registration SU-AHH. ^[1]

Accident

The aircraft, operating an international scheduled passenger flight from Baghdad Airport, Iraq to Tehran Airport was reported to have crashed 10 nautical miles (19 km) west of Tehran in a snowstorm.^[1] All five crew and fifteen passengers on board were killed. The aircraft is reported to have circled Tehran four times before contact was lost with the control tower at about 8pm local time. It was assumed that the aircraft had returned to Baghdad. The wreckage was subsequently discovered the next day in a ravine. There were seventeen passengers listed, but two of them did not board the flight in Baghdad.^[2] Amongst the casualties was American Henry G. Bennett, director of the Technical Cooperation Administration (TCA), which oversaw the Point Four Program. Three other TCA members also died.^[3]