Accident | |
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Date | 12 April 1980 |
Summary | Pilot error followed by controlled flight into terrain |
Site | Morro da Virgínia, near Hercílio Luz International Airport, Florianópolis, Brazil 27°29′35″S 48°26′46″W / 27.49306°S 48.44611°W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 727-27C |
Operator | Transbrasil |
Registration | PT-TYS |
Flight origin | Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport, Belém |
1st stopover | Fortaleza Airport, Fortaleza |
2nd stopover | Brasília International Airport, Brasília |
3rd stopover | Goiabeiras Airport, Vitória |
4th stopover | Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport, Rio de Janeiro |
5th stopover | Afonso Pena International Airport, Curitiba |
6th stopover | São Paulo–Congonhas Airport, São Paulo |
Last stopover | Hercílio Luz International Airport, Florianópolis |
Destination | Salgado Filho Porto Alegre International Airport, Porto Alegre |
Passengers | 50 |
Crew | 8 |
Fatalities | 55 |
Injuries | 3 |
Survivors | 3 |
Transbrasil Flight 303 was a flight from Congonhas-São Paulo Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, to Hercílio Luz International Airport in Florianópolis, Brazil, on 12 April 1980. It crashed on approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport. Only 3 of the 58 people on board survived.[1][2][3]