- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | November 01, 1961 |
Time: | 0215 |
Location: | Near Recife, Brazil |
Operator: | Panair do Brasil |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Lisbon - Ilha do Sal - Recife |
AC Type: | Douglas DC-7C |
Registration: | PP-PDO |
cn / ln: | 44872 |
Aboard: | 88 (passengers:79 crew:9) |
Fatalities: | 45 (passengers:38 crew:7) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The flight crashed into a hill during approach. Pilot error. Improper evaluation of distance, flying a non-standard traffic pattern by night and failing to observe altitude minima during the final approach. |
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