Date:	Thursday 27 June 1974
Time:	16:30
Type:	Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar
Owner/operator:	Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB
Registration:	2307
MSN:	10978
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Rio de Janeiro, RJ -   Brazil
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Rio de Janiero-Afonsos Air Force Base, RJ (SBAF)
Destination airport:	Rio de Janiero-Afonsos Air Force Base, RJ (SBAF)

Narrative:
Crashed in the Marechal Hermes suburb of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The aircraft operated on a training flight from Campo dos Afonsos. The engineer and the radio operator were killed and the pilot was seriously injured.

O Estado de S.Paulo 28 June 1973, p14
Scramble
Fairchild C-82 and C-119 / Alwyn T. Lloyd, Aerofax, 2005
The Straits Times 29 June 1974, p4
Jornal do Brasil 28 June 1974, p20

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