Rio de Janeiro – Belém

On September 21, 1944 at 12:00 PM, Rio de Janeiro – Belém experienced a crash involving Lockheed 18 LodeStar, operated by Panair do Brasil, with the event recorded near Rio Doce Minas Gerais.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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 technical failure. En route, the right engine failed, forcing the crew to reduce his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing. Eventually, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed near Rio Doce. All 18 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PP-PBH, MSN 2113, year of manufacture 1941.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -20.2448°, -42.8970°.