Rio de Janeiro - Sao Paulo

On August 30, 1944 at 11:58 PM, Rio de Janeiro - Sao Paulo experienced a crash involving Lockheed 18 LodeStar, operated by Panair do Brasil, with the event recorded near São Paulo-Congonhas São Paulo.

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.

18 people were known to be on board, 18 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: 14, passenger fatalities: 14, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On final approach to Congonhas Airport, the crew was disturbed by the poor visibility caused by night and foggy conditions. The twin engine aircraft crashed in a huge explosion few hundred meters short of runway and was destroyed by impact forces and post crash fire. All 18 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-PBI, MSN 2114, year of manufacture 1941.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -20.8056°, -49.4054°.