| Date: | Friday 14 October 1994 |
| Time: | 19:00 |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130E Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB |
| Registration: | 2460 |
| MSN: | 4293 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Formosa do Rio Preto, BA -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL) |
| Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport, PA (BEL/SBBE) |
Crashed after inflight fire.
The transport aircraft had departed Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Air Base about 16:00 on a flight to Belém where it was expected to land at about 22:00.
Sources:
Folha de Sao Paulo 16-10-1994
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Recife-Guararapes International Airport, PE (REC); 06 January 1990
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