- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: April 12, 1972
Time: 2126
Location: Near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Operator: VASP
Flight #: ?
Route: Sao Paulo - Rio de Janeiro
AC Type: NAMC YS-11A-211
Registration: PP-SMI
cn / ln: 2059
Aboard: 25   (passengers:21  crew:4)
Fatalities: 25   (passengers:21  crew:4)
Ground: 0
Summary: Crashed in mountainous terrain, 50 miles north of Rio de Janeiro, while on approach. The crew mistakenly tuned the ADF instrument to a wrong NDB, causing the airplane to follow a wrong approach path and to descend at an inappropriate altitude. The lack of visibility due to the night and clouds was considered as a contributing factor.
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