Bossons Glacier

Lower part of the Glacier des Bossons in August 2007

The Glacier des Bossons is a glacier in the Arve Valley in Haute -Savoie near Chamonix. It flows on the north face of Mont Blanc down to about 1400 m above sea level down. Its name comes from the village of Les Bossons, above that of the glacier.

End of the 19th century loomed, the Glacier des Bossons down to the valley, which lies at 1050 meters. His tongue is despite the decline still the lowest elevation in the Alps.

On November 3, 1950 Lockheed Constellation Air India crashed on Mont Blanc Vorgipfel Rochers de la Tour Nette. All 48 passengers died. On January 24, 1966 crashed a Boeing 707 of Air India ( flight 101) in the glacier. All 106 passengers were killed, including the Indian nuclear physicist Homi Jehangir Bhabha and 11 crew members. To date, the glaciers are parts of the two aircraft free. In September 2013, a French mountaineers found there a small metal container with the engraving Made in India with gems worth estimated 130000-246000 EUR who had probably heard one of the passengers of Air India 1966 flight and were intended for a receiver in London.

Snout of the Glacier des Bossons September 2006