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Date: | Monday 8 February 1937 |
Time: | afternoon |
Type: | Sikorsky S-43 |
Owner/operator: | Panair do Brasil |
Registration: | PP-PAR |
MSN: | 4307 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Vitória, ES -
Brazil
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Vitória (14:00) |
Destination airport: | Rio de Janeiro |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Both engines caught fire in flight. Pilot J.H. Hart returned to Vitória and landed at 14:30. After evacuation of the 13 passengers and four crew, attempt to put out the fire and to recover the mail, aircraft sank.
Sources:
World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.logbookmag.com/databases/articles.asp?ID=91&CatID=47]
Folha da Manhã 9 February 1937, p2
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-May-2015 05:56 |
junior sjc |
Added |
20-May-2015 19:37 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |