Belo Horizonte – Rio de Janeiro

On June 24, 1960 at 06:30 PM, Belo Horizonte – Rio de Janeiro experienced a crash involving Convair CV-340, operated by Real Aerovias, with the event recorded near Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Rio de Janeiro.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

54 people were known to be on board, 54 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 49, passenger fatalities: 49, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. On approach to Galeão Airport in Rio, weather conditions worsened and the crew was instructed by ATC to follow a holding pattern. Heavy rain falls and foggy conditions prevailed at this time. Few minutes later, the crew attempted a second approach to Galeão Airport when the airplane went out of control and crashed into the Guanabara Bay. The aircraft was totally destroyed upon impact and all 54 occupants were killed. Up to date, this was the worst air tragedy in Brazil.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-YRB, MSN 191, year of manufacture 1954.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -22.8112°, -43.2586°.