LANSA Flight 508

LANSA Flight 508

A LANSA Lockheed L-188 Electra similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date	24 December 1971 (1971-12-24)
Summary	Crashed following a midair break-up in a thunderstorm
Site	Puerto Inca, Peru
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Lockheed L-188A Electra
Operator	Líneas Aéreas Nacionales S.A.
Registration	OB-R-941
Flight origin	Jorge Chávez International Airport, Lima, Peru
Stopover	Captain Rolden International Airport, Pucallpa
Destination	Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport, Iquitos, Peru
Occupants	92
Passengers	86
Crew	6
Fatalities	91 (77 initialy)
Injuries	1
Survivors	1(initialy 15, but 14 of them died awaiting rescue)

LANSA Flight 508 was a Lockheed L-188A Electra turboprop operated as a scheduled domestic passenger flight by Lineas Aéreas Nacionales Sociedad Anonima (LANSA, a Peruvian airline company) that crashed in a thunderstorm en route from Lima to Pucallpa in Peru on 24 December 1971, killing 91 people – all six crew on board and 85 of its 86 passengers.^[1] It is the deadliest lightning strike disaster in aviation history.^{[clarification needed][2]}