Max Hymans

French politician

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Max Hymans (2 March 1900 in Paris – 7 March 1961 in Saint-Cloud), was a notable leftist French politician, member of the resistance, and director of Air France from 1948 to 1961.

Biography

Max Hymans was born is Paris on 2 March 1900. After his baccalauréat (A-level), he graduated from École centrale de Paris with an Engineering diploma, while following a law degree in parallel.

He entered as an Engineer and site manager of Clairoix close to Compiègne, Oise. He was in conflict with the delegate administrator concerning French workers salaries and their replacement with foreign workers that were even less paid.

On 22 October 1925 he applied as a lawyer to the Cour d'appel of Paris. He opened a cabinet specialised in counterfeiting cases and patents.

Gallery

Hymans (4th from the right) at the inauguration of the Aérogare des Invalides

Air France

History

Accidents and incidents	1934 Wibault 282T crash Flight 072 (1948) Flight 009 (1949) 1950 Douglas DC-4 accidents 1952 SNCASE Languedoc crash Flight 178 (1953) Flight 343 (1960) Flight 406 (1961) Flight 2005 (1961) Flight 007 (1962) Flight 117 (1962) Air France robbery (1967) Flight 212 (1968) Flight 1611 (1968) Flight 212 (1969) Operation Entebbe (1976) Flight 296Q (1988) Flight 8969 (1994) Flight 422 (1998) Flight 4590 (2000) Flight 5672 (2003) Flight 358 (2005) Flight 447 (2009) Flight 66 (2017)

Accidents and incidents

1934 Wibault 282T crash
Flight 072 (1948)
Flight 009 (1949)
1950 Douglas DC-4 accidents
1952 SNCASE Languedoc crash
Flight 178 (1953)
Flight 343 (1960)
Flight 406 (1961)
Flight 2005 (1961)
Flight 007 (1962)
Flight 117 (1962)
Air France robbery (1967)
Flight 212 (1968)
Flight 1611 (1968)
Flight 212 (1969)
Operation Entebbe (1976)
Flight 296Q (1988)
Flight 8969 (1994)
Flight 422 (1998)
Flight 4590 (2000)
Flight 5672 (2003)
Flight 358 (2005)
Flight 447 (2009)
Flight 66 (2017)

People

Frédéric Gagey
Max Hymans
Jean-Marc Janaillac
Ben Smith

Corporate affairs

Former subsidiaries	Airlinair Brit Air Flandre Air Joon Proteus Airlines Régional Regional Airlines Servair
Merged into Air France	Air Orient Air Inter Air Union Compagnie Générale Aéropostale Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne Société Générale des Transports Aériens Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux Union Aéromaritime de Transport