1968 Sainte-Marie Douglas DC-6 crash
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 A similar Douglas DC-6 of the French Air Force | |
| Post-takeoff crash. | |
|---|---|
| Date | 9 March 1968 |
| Site | |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-6 |
| Flight origin | Gillot Airport |
| Occupants | 17 |
| Fatalities | 16 |
| Survivors | 1 (a Flight nurse) |
The 1968 Sainte-Marie Douglas DC-6 crash was an aviation accident that occurred on the island of La Réunion, a French overseas department in the southwestern Indian Ocean, on the evening of 9 March 1968. A military Douglas DC-6 aircraft taking off from Gillot Airport at 23h 15' crashed two minutes later in the commune of Sainte-Marie, Réunion, resulting in the deaths of sixteen people, including French General Charles Ailleret. This aviation accident remains the deadliest in the history of La Réunion.
The 1953 Douglas DC-6B, registered as F-RAFB/43748, was operated by the Groupe de Liaisons Aériennes Ministérielles (GLAM), responsible for the transportation of French government personnel.[1]
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