Date: | Saturday 20 January 1951 |
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Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
Owner/operator: | Transporte Aéreo Militar - TAM Peru |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Pullo -
Peru
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Lima-Limatambo Airport (LIM/SPIM) |
Destination airport: | Arequipa-Rodríguez Ballón Airport (AQP/SPQU) |
Narrative:The DC-3 disappeared during a flight from Lima-Limatambo Airport to Arequipa, Peru.
The aircraft carried a body and family members to a funeral ceremony at Arequipa.
It departed Limatambo at 16:00, and did not arrive Arequipa. Last radio contact was over Punta Lomas at 17:35.
The aircraft was found on 23 January 1951 near Chala in Andes mountains. There were no survivors.
Sources:
El Deber (Arequipa) 23 January 1951, p1
Diário de Lisboa 24 January 1951, p12 (F.P.)
El Deber (Arequipa) 24 January 1951, p1
El Deber (Arequipa) 25 January 1951, p6
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