Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 14 MAR 1970 |
| Time: | ca 17:30 |
| Type: | Fairchild FH-227B |
| Operator: | Paraense Transportes Aéreos |
| Registration: | PP-BUF |
| C/n / msn: | 556 |
| First flight: | 1967 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 34 / Occupants: 35 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 38 / Occupants: 40 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 0,8 km (0.5 mls) off Belém/Val-de-Cães International Airport , PA (BEL) (Brazil)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Recife-Guararapes International Airport, PE (REC/SBRF), Brazil |
| Belém/Val-de-Cães International Airport , PA (BEL/SBBE), Brazil |
While on base leg for Belém runway 06, the Fairchild crashed into Guajara Bay, 800m short of the runway.
Sources:
» Flight International 26.03.1970 (456)
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Distance from Recife-Guararapes International Airport, PE to Belém/Val-de-Cães International Airport , PA as the crow flies is 1671 km (1044 miles).
Distance from Recife-Guararapes International Airport, PE to Belém/Val-de-Cães International Airport , PA as the crow flies is 1671 km (1044 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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