| - | 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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