- | 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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