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

On June 11, 1947 at 11:07 PM, Buenos Aires – Rio de Janeiro – Natal – Dakar – Lisbon – Paris – London experienced a crash involving Avro 691 Lancastrian, operated by Flota Aerea Mercante Argentina - FAMA, with the event recorded near Natal Rio Grande do Norte.

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, 5 fatalities were recorded, 13 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 27.8%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 13, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

On touchdown by night at Natal Airport, the aircraft went out of control, veered off runway, collided with airport facilities and came to rest in flames. Three crew members and two passengers were killed while 13 other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed by fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration LV-ACS.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -5.8247°, -35.2068°.