Narrative:
A Douglas DC-7C of Panair do Brasil being towed from a hangar to apron struck two parked aircraft: a Fairchild C-82A Packet of Cruzeiro do Sul, (PP-CEM) and a Consolidated P4Y-2 Privateer (ZP-CAD).
Both aircraft were damaged beyond repair.
» O Estado de S.Paulo 27 January 1960
» Consolidated B-24 Liberator production list / Geoffrey Goodall
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 26 January 1960 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-82A-FA Packet |
| Operator: | Cruzeiro do Sul |
| Registration: | PP-CEM |
| MSN: | 10180 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, RJ (GIG) ( Brazil)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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A Douglas DC-7C of Panair do Brasil being towed from a hangar to apron struck two parked aircraft: a Fairchild C-82A Packet of Cruzeiro do Sul, (PP-CEM) and a Consolidated P4Y-2 Privateer (ZP-CAD).
Both aircraft were damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
» Jornal do Brasil 27 January 1960, p9» O Estado de S.Paulo 27 January 1960
» Consolidated B-24 Liberator production list / Geoffrey Goodall
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