On December 7, 1995, a chartered twin- turboprop

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crashed near

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. The flight was en route from

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, and had been chartered by the Government of France to return illegal immigrants to Haiti from French territory. There were no survivors among its 18 passengers and 2 crew members. Investigators determined that F-OHRK had drifted ten nautical miles off course. The aircraft collided with a mountain at after having been cleared by air traffic control to descend to .

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