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Tuesday's air disaster was not the first crash seen at the tiny ski resort of Barcelonette in the French Alps: half a century ago, an Air France plane to Vietnam crashed in the same spot.
The crash took place on September 1, 1953, around 16 kilometres (10 miles) from Barcelonnette, killing 42 people on board.
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