Narrative:
While landing at Antofagasta-Cerro Moreno Airport, Chile, a tire burst. The inner left (no.2) engine caught fire.
All occupants evacuated but the aircraft was consumed by the fire.
» Correio da Manhã 14 December 1948, p7
» La Nación - 14 December 1948 p.3
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 12 December 1948 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54A-5-DC (DC-4) |
| Operator: | Peruvian International Airways |
| Registration: | OB-SAF-175 |
| MSN: | 10286 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Antofagasta-Cerro Moreno Airport (ANF) ( Chile)
|
| Crash site elevation: | 139 m (456 feet) amsl |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Lima-Callao International Airport (LIM/SPIM), Peru |
| Antofagasta-Cerro Moreno Airport (ANF/SCFA), Chile |
While landing at Antofagasta-Cerro Moreno Airport, Chile, a tire burst. The inner left (no.2) engine caught fire.
All occupants evacuated but the aircraft was consumed by the fire.
Sources:
» La Nación (Santiago) 13 December 1948, p12» Correio da Manhã 14 December 1948, p7
» La Nación - 14 December 1948 p.3
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Lima-Callao International Airport to Antofagasta-Cerro Moreno Airport as the crow flies is 1447 km (904 miles).
Distance from Lima-Callao International Airport to Antofagasta-Cerro Moreno Airport as the crow flies is 1447 km (904 miles).
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