ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337109
| Date: | Monday 23 December 1946 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: |  Avro 685 York I |
| Owner/operator: | Flota Aérea Mercante Argentina - FAMA |
| Registration: | LV-XIG |
| MSN: | 1365 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Merlin |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 15 km W of Rio de Janeiro, RJ -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Natal Airport, RN (NAT/SBNT) |
| Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ) |
The Avro York operated on a transatlantic service from London, UK to Buenos Aires, Argentina. En route stops were made at Paris, Lisbon, Dakar and Natal.
It struck the 990 metres high Pico do Papagaio while on approach.
Sources:
Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 45)
Spokane Daily Chronicle - Dec 24, 1946
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