| Date: | Friday 6 September 1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI-R |
| Owner/operator: | Panair do Brasil |
| Registration: | PP-PDU |
| MSN: | 118 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Avon 533R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gamela, PE -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Salvador-Dois de Julho International Airport, BA (SSA/SBSV) |
| Recife-Guararapes International Airport, PE (REC/SBRF) |
The Caravelle was operating on a flight from Salvador to Recife and was cruising at 8700 m in VMC.
The flight contacted Recife Control over Maceio and received clearance to descend to 6150 m. Recife Approached later cleared the aircraft for 900 m and informed the crew about another aircraft descending from 900 to 600 m on the same direction in IMC. When descending through 1800 m the crew were surprised by the lights of another aircraft. To avoid possible collision the Caravelle was brusquely manouevred upwards. Landing at Recife-Guarapes at 22:09 was normal. After returning to Rio de Janeiro-Galeao, the aircraft was thoroughly inspected by Panair maintenance. It appeared the plane had suffered serious damage to the structure, rendering the aircraft damaged beyond repair.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Rapid evasive manoeuvre judged necessary to avoid collision overloaded the aircraft's structure."
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