Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 14 DEC 1987 |
| Time: | 21:30 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-130H Hercules |
| Operator: | Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB |
| Registration: | FAB2468 |
| C/n / msn: | 4998 |
| First flight: | 1987 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 29 / Occupants: 29 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | ca 16 km off Fernando de Noronha, FN (Brazil) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Recife-Guararapes International Airport, PE (REC/SBRF), Brazil |
| Fernando de Noronha Airport, FN (FEN/SBFN), Brazil |
Crashed into the sea. The victims were six air force crew members, two other air force personnel, 13 island workers and eight island residents.
Sources:
» AD 16-12-1987
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Distance from Recife-Guararapes International Airport, PE to Fernando de Noronha Airport, FN as the crow flies is 547 km (342 miles).
Distance from Recife-Guararapes International Airport, PE to Fernando de Noronha Airport, FN as the crow flies is 547 km (342 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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