Government of the State of Pernambuco

Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante

The copilot was preparing the flight as the captain came late in the cockpit. The crew precipitated the departure and after takeoff from runway 12, while climbing by night, the aircraft rolled to the right, entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in the Atlantic Ocean few hundred meters offshore. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all 12 occupants were killed.