Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro

On February 18, 1921 at 12:00 AM, Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro experienced a crash involving Aeromarine 40, operated by Brazilian Navy - Aviação Naval Brasileira, with the event recorded near Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was completing a local training flight in Rio de Janeiro when the seaplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the Guanabara Bay. Both pilots were seriously injured and the aircraft sank. Six days later, one of the crew member died from his injuries. Crew: 1st Lt Fernando Muniz Guimarães, † Lt Fernando Victor Amaral Savaget.

Aircraft reference details include registration 42.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -22.9053°, -43.2268°.