Airplane Crash - Anchieta Island, Brazil 04/10/1957
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Anchieta Island, Brazil
Date | 04/10/1957 |
Time | 15:20 |
Location | Anchieta Island, Brazil |
Operator | REAL |
Flight # | 1800 |
Route | Rio de Janerio - Sao Paulo |
Type | Douglas DC-3 |
Registration | PP-ANX |
Cn/In | 13048 |
Aboard | 30 |
Fatalities | 26 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | While en route, fire broke out in the starboard engine. As he lost altitude and because of reduced visibility, the pilot did not see the peak of a mountain. When he tried to pull up the plane stalled and crashed. Engine failure. |
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