Buenos Aires – Rio de Janeiro – Natal – Dakar – Lisbon – Geneva – London

On June 19, 1961 at 12:00 AM, Buenos Aires – Rio de Janeiro – Natal – Dakar – Lisbon – Geneva – London experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-1649 Starliner, operated by Trans Atlantica Argentina - TAA, with the event recorded near Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Rio de Janeiro.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

0 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. On approach to Santos Dumont Airport in Rio, the four engine aircraft was too low and struck a seawall located short of runway threshold. On impact, the undercarriage were sheared off and the airplane crash landed and came to rest after a course of one km. All occupants were evacuated safely while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration LV-GLH, MSN 1006, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -22.8057°, -43.4315°.