- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | May 30, 1961 |
Time: | 0120 |
Location: | Near Lisbon, Portugal |
Operator: | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
Flight #: | 897 |
Route: | Rome - Lisbon - Madrid - Santa Maria, Azores -Caracas |
AC Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-53 |
Registration: | PH-DCL |
cn / ln: | 45615 |
Aboard: | 61 (passengers:47 crew:14) |
Fatalities: | 61 (passengers:47 crew:14) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Five minutes after taking off from Lisbon, Portugal, the aircraft plunged into the Atlantic Ocean. There were indications from the wreckage that the aircraft went into a spiral dive and hit the water at over 500 mph. Either through inattentiveness or loss of an artificial horizon or other instrument malfunction, the aircraft went into a steep left bank from which recovery was not possible. Attitude of the aircraft at the moment of impact pointed to over correction. |
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