Vitória – Rio de Janeiro

On December 12, 1953 at 05:00 PM, Vitória – Rio de Janeiro experienced a crash involving Junkers JU.52, operated by Aeronorte, with the event recorded near Maricá Rio de Janeiro.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was performing a cargo flight from Vitória to Rio de Janeiro. The three engine aircraft was spotted in poor weather conditions between the cities of Araruama, Saquarema and Maricá, between 1600 and 1700LT. It then disappeared in unknown circumstances. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. It is possible the aircraft crashed into the Ocean off Maricá.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-DZY, MSN 6510, year of manufacture 1939.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -22.9089°, -42.8172°.