Germanwings Crash Mirrors 1953 Air Accident

The Germanwings plane that crashed Tuesday with 150 souls aboard went down in the same part of the French Alps as another doomed flight that slammed into a mountain some 62 years ago, NBC News reported. On Sept. 1, 1953, an Air France-operated Lockheed L-749A Constellation flying to Nice crashed into 10,000-foot-tall Mont Cimet, near the remote villiage of Barcelonette. The crash claimed the lives of all nine crewmembers and 33 passengers aboard, including celebrated violinist Jacques Thibaud.

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