- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | January 15, 1963 |
Time: | 1612 |
Location: | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
Operator: | Cruzeiro |
Flight #: | 403 |
Route: | Rio de Janeiro - São Paulo |
AC Type: | Convair CV-240-0 |
Registration: | PP-CEV |
cn / ln: | 006 |
Aboard: | 45 (passengers:40 crew:5) |
Fatalities: | 6 (passengers:5 crew:1) |
Ground: | 7 |
Summary: | The crippled airliner crashed into houses and burst into flames as it was coming in for an emergency landing in steady rain. Control was lost while attempting a go around manoeuvre due top the failure of the left engine. |
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