Mount Cimet

Mount Cimet or Cemet is a mountain in the Pelat Massif of the French Alps in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

Mount Cimet
View of Mount Cimet (center left of the picture) from the top of Mont Pelat.
Highest point
Elevation3,020 m (9,910 ft)
ListingAlpine mountains above 3000 m
Coordinates44°17′26″N 6°42′15″E
Geography
Parent rangeMaritime Alps

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.

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