Lisbon - Quelimane - Lourenço Marques

On February 23, 1944 at 12:00 AM, Lisbon - Quelimane - Lourenço Marques experienced a crash involving Lockheed 14 Super Electra, operated by DETA Mozambique Airlines - Direcção de Exploração dos Transportes Aéreos, with the event recorded near Quelimane Zambezia.

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

13 people were known to be on board, 13 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 9, passenger fatalities: 9, other fatalities: 0.

Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, aircraft went out of control and crashed in a prairie. The airplane christened 'Limpopo' was destroyed and all 13 occupants were killed. Pilot was Francisco Pinto Teixeira.

Aircraft reference details include registration CR-AAV, MSN 1507, year of manufacture 1940.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -17.8775°, 36.8902°.