1980 Camarate plane crash

Camarate plane crash
Cessna 421, similar to the aircraft involved
Incident
Date4 December 1980[1]
SummaryFuel exhaustion / Bombing (official conclusion, disputed)
SiteCamarate, Lisbon, Portugal
Aircraft
Aircraft typeCessna 421
RegistrationYV-314-P[2]
Flight originLisbon Portela Airport, Lisbon
DestinationFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport, Porto
Passengers5[1]
Crew2[1]
Fatalities7
Survivors0[1]

The 1980 Camarate air crash occurred on 4 December 1980 when a small private aircraft carrying Portuguese Prime Minister Francisco de Sá Carneiro and Defense Minister Adelino Amaro da Costa crashed in Camarate, Lisbon, Portugal. Initial investigations concluded the incident was an accident, but later parliamentary investigations found evidence of a bomb beneath the cockpit.[3][4][5][6] After the 15-year statute of limitations took effect, several people came forward claiming involvement.

  1. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference CoE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Assembly of the Republic, 10 December 2004, DAR I série Nº.21/IX/3 2004.12.10
  3. ^ Associated Press, 6 December 2004, New tests indicate sabotage in 1980 air crash that killed Portuguese PM
  4. ^ Investigative Commission: 1980 Portugal Crash Was Sabotage
  5. ^ David Elsner, Chicago Tribune, 8 October 1995, Premier's Body Exhumed In Inquiry
  6. ^ "IV Comissão Eventual de Inquérito ao Atentado de Camarate". www.dgsi.pt. Retrieved 2009-06-05.