1933    Air France is inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of 5 French airlines.

1962    An Air France Boeing 707 charter, Chateau de Sully crashes after an aborted takeoff from Paris-Orly Airport, killing 130.

1962    An Air France Boeing 707 jet crashes in bad weather in Guadeloupe, West Indies, killing 113.

1976    Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.

1976    Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.