Narrative:
Brazilian air force officers seized several air force planes and hijacked a Panair Constellation in a revolt against President Juscelino Kubitschek. When the revolt failed, they commandeered the plane to Buenos Aires.
» Fernando Dannemann, a Revolta de Aragarças
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 2 December 1959 |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-049 Constellation |
| Operator: | Panair do Brasil |
| Registration: | PP-PCR |
| MSN: | 2060 |
| First flight: | 1946 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 38 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 44 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Buenos Aires, BA ( Argentina)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ), Brazil |
| Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport, PA (BEL/SBBE), Brazil |
Brazilian air force officers seized several air force planes and hijacked a Panair Constellation in a revolt against President Juscelino Kubitschek. When the revolt failed, they commandeered the plane to Buenos Aires.
Sources:
» Folha da Manhã newspaper 4-dec-59» Fernando Dannemann, a Revolta de Aragarças
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ to Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport, PA as the crow flies is 2453 km (1533 miles).
Distance from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ to Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport, PA as the crow flies is 2453 km (1533 miles).
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