ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337565
| Date: | Wednesday 31 October 1945 |
| Time: | 15:50 |
| Type: |  Latécoère 631 |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-BANT |
| MSN: | 2 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Wright R-2600-A5B Cyclone |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Laguna de Rocha -
 Uruguay
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
The propeller of the no. 3 (left hand inboard) engine separated. Debris struck the no. 2 engine and a propeller blade sliced through the fuselage of this flying boat, cutting a hole of almost 3 m. Two passengers were killed and a small fire erupted. The pilot carried out an emergency landing in a lagoon. The Laté 631 operated on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Montevideo and Buenos Aires.
Sources:
Folha da Manhã 7 November 1945, p2
Hidroavión Lionel de Marmier
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