The Ermenonville Forest (french: Forêt d'Ermenonville) is a state-owned forest in

Oise Oise ( ; ; pcd, Oése) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,419 ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. On 3 March 1974,

Turkish Airlines Flight 981 Turkish Airlines Flight 981 was a scheduled flight from Istanbul Yeşilköy Airport to London Heathrow Airport, with an intermediate stop at Orly Airport in Paris. On 3 March 1974, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operating the flight crashed into ...

crashed in the forest and in the commune of

Fontaine-Chaalis Fontaine-Chaalis () is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. On 3 March 1974 Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashed in this commune, in the Ermenonville Forest."Accident Details." Accident to Turkish Airlines DC-10 TC-JAV in the Erme ...

, killing all 346 people on board."Accident Details."
Accident to Turkish Airlines DC-10 TC-JAV in the Ermenonville Forest on 3 March 1974 Final Report
''. French State Secretariat for Transport. 1. Retrieved on 13 February 2011. Today, a memorial to the victims of THY flight 981 stands in the forest.

Gallery

File:Stèle du crash aérien de 1974 (parcelle 144).jpg, Monument to the crash victims of

References

Geography of Oise Forests of France Tourist attractions in Oise Hauts-de-France region articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Oise-geo-stub