Airplane Crash - Guanabara Bay, Brazil 10/23/1973
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Guanabara Bay, Brazil
| Date | 10/23/1973 |
| Location | Guanabara Bay, Brazil |
| Operator | VASP |
| Route | Rio de Janeiro - Belo Horizonte |
| Type | NAMC YS-11A-211 |
| Registration | PP-SMJ |
| Cn/In | 2068 |
| Aboard | 65 |
| Fatalities | 8 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | The takeoff from Santos Dumont airport was aborted after a loss of power occurred before the V1 speed was reached. Due to poor braking action, emergency brakes were applied. The pilot-in-command retracted the landing gear after it was apparent an overrun was imminent. The aircraft slid into Guanabara Bay. |
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