Incident
An airplane operating a flight from Agadir to Paris with an intermediate stop in Casablanca crashed during final approach. The aircraft lost height after the crew encountered unclear technical problems and came down approximately 2 kilometers short of runway 35 threshold. The impact destroyed the aircraft.
Casualties
Of the occupants, 61 were killed and 21 others sustained injuries.
Probable Cause
The official investigation determined that the final approach was continued below the glide path as a result of various problems. During the descent, a fire alarm for the right engine activated in the cockpit. The flight engineer then switched all power from the hydraulic pumps to the engine that the captain was shutting down, which blocked transfer actions until power supply on the left engine was reactivated. At impact, controls began to function again, but it was too late for the pilot-in-command to expect recovery.