ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340751
| Date: | Friday 27 August 1943 |
| Time: | 09:00 |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju-52/3mg3e |
| Owner/operator: | VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo |
| Registration: | PP-SPD |
| MSN: | 5459 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 21 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 1 km N of Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU) -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ) |
| São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP) |
The Ju-52 struck a Naval Academy building shortly after takeoff from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU). The airplane broke in two and one part fell into the waters of Guanabara Bay.
There was fog in the area at the time of the accident.
Sources:
Folha da Manhã, 28 Aug 1943
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