1952_Transportes_Aéreos_Nacional_Douglas_C-47_mid-air_explosion

1952 Palmeiras de Goias Transportes Aéreos Nacional Douglas C-47 crash

1952 Palmeiras de Goias Transportes Aéreos Nacional Douglas C-47 crash

1952 aviation accident

The 1952 Transportes Aéreos Nacional Douglas C-47 mid-air fire occurred on 12 August 1952 when a Douglas C-47A registered PP-ANH was destroyed after a in-flight fire caused it to crash near Palmeiras de Goiás, Brazil.[1]

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The 1944-built C-47 was on a domestic flight from Rio Verde Airport to Goiânia-Santa Genoveva Airport, belonged to Viabras and was operated by Transportes Aéreos Nacional.[2][3]

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  1. [1]
    Civil Aviation Authority 1974, p. 11/52
  2. [2]
    Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
  3. [3]
    Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Palmeiras de Goiás". O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX através dos seus acidentes 1928–1996 (in Portuguese) (2 ed.). Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS. pp. 118–125. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.
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