Airplane Crash - Campinas, Brazil 11/23/1961
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Campinas, Brazil
Date | 11/23/1961 |
Time | 05:40 |
Location | Campinas, Brazil |
Operator | Aerolineas Argentinas |
Route | Sao Paulo - Trinidad |
Type | de Havilland Comet 4 |
Registration | LV-AHR |
Cn/In | 06430 |
Aboard | 52 |
Fatalities | 52 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | After reaching an altitude of about 100 m, the aircraft lost altitude, collided with a eucalyptus forest and was destroyed. Pilot error. Failure to operate under IFR in adverse weather conditions at night. Failure to follow the climb procedure. |
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