Editing Mont Blanc (section)

=== Air crashes ===
The mountain was the scene of two fatal air crashes; [[Air India Flight 245]] in 1950<ref>[http://www.montblanc.to/uk/glacier/texte4.html The glacier des Bossons : plane crashes:] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620064252/http://www.montblanc.to/uk/glacier/texte4.html |date=20 June 2009}}</ref> and [[Air India Flight 101]] in 1966. Both planes were approaching [[Geneva Airport]] and the pilots miscalculated their descent; 48 and 117 people, respectively, died.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/24/newsid_4056000/4056551.stm |title=1966: 117 die in Air India tragedy |date=23 October 1966 |access-date=23 October 2017 |via=news.bbc.co.uk |archive-date=23 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023230827/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/24/newsid_4056000/4056551.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> The passengers on flight 101 included [[nuclear scientist]] [[Homi J. Bhabha]], known as the "father" of India's nuclear programme.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-19645550 |title=Diplomatic bag contents revealed |work=BBC News |date=19 September 2012 |access-date=23 October 2017 |archive-date=21 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921000406/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-19645550 |url-status=live }}</ref>