Narrative:
VASP flight 237 suffered a runway excursion after landing on a wet runway at Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, Brazil.
The aircraft came to rest on the rocks of a breakwater, with the nose almost touching the water of Guanabara Bay.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 31 October 1966 |
| Time: | 20:55 |
| Type: |  Vickers 701 Viscount |
| Operator: | VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo |
| Registration: | PP-SRM |
| MSN: | 19 |
| First flight: | 1953 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 25 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 30 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU) ( Brazil)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport, MG (PLU/SBBH), Brazil |
| Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ), Brazil | |
| Flightnumber: | 237 |
VASP flight 237 suffered a runway excursion after landing on a wet runway at Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, Brazil.
The aircraft came to rest on the rocks of a breakwater, with the nose almost touching the water of Guanabara Bay.
Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» Correio do Manhã, 1 Nov. 1966 (p.1)Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport, MG to Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ as the crow flies is 349 km (218 miles).
Distance from Belo Horizonte-Pampulha Airport, MG to Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ as the crow flies is 349 km (218 miles).
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