Narrative:
Crashed in sea on training flight.
» Folha da Manhã 3 September 1953, p2
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 2 September 1953 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB |
| Registration: | 2049 |
| MSN: | 13862 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | off Ilha da Boqueirão, RJ ( Brazil)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL), Brazil |
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Crashed in sea on training flight.
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge» Folha da Manhã 3 September 1953, p2
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