Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 SEP 1976 |
| Time: | ca 21:45 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-130H Hercules |
| Operator: | Fuerza Aérea Venezolana - FAV |
| Registration: | 7772 |
| C/n / msn: | 4408 |
| First flight: | 1971 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 60 / Occupants: 60 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 68 / Occupants: 68 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Terceira-Lajes Airport, Azores (TER) (Portugal)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bermuda International Airport (BDA/TXKF), Bermuda |
| Terceira-Lajes Airport, Azores (TER/LPLA), Portugal |
Crashed into a hill just short of the runway in heavy rain, associated with hurricane Emmy. The aircraft was not properly lined up with the runway as it made its approach. The Hercules transported members of the Venezuelan choir Orfeón Universitario to Barcelona, Spain.
Sources:
» El Universal
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Distance from Bermuda International Airport to Terceira-Lajes Airport, Azores as the crow flies is 3426 km (2141 miles).
Distance from Bermuda International Airport to Terceira-Lajes Airport, Azores as the crow flies is 3426 km (2141 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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