| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | August 27, 1943 |
| Time: | 0900 |
| Location: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Operator: | VASP |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Sao Paulo - Rio de Janeiro |
| AC Type: | Junkers JU-52/3m |
| Registration: | PP-SPD |
| cn / ln: | 5459 |
| Aboard: | 21 (passengers:18 crew:3) |
| Fatalities: | 18 (passengers:18 crew:3) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Struck a Naval Academy building while attemptin to take off in heavy fog. The plane then broke in two and fell into the harbor. The plane was named "City of Rio de Janiero." |
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