LANSA Flight 508
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LANSA Flight 508 was a Lockheed L-188A Electra turboprop operated as a scheduled domestic passenger flight by Lineas Aéreas Nacionales Sociedad Anonima (LANSA, a Peruvian airline company) which crashed in a thunderstorm en route from Lima to Pucallpa in Peru on 24 December 1971, killing 91 people — all six of its crew and 85 of its 86 passengers.[1] It is the deadliest lightning strike disaster in aviation history.[clarification needed][2]
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Accident | |
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Date | 24 December 1971 (1971-12-24) |
Summary | Crashed following midair break-up in thunderstorm |
Site | Puerto Inca, Peru |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Lockheed L-188A Electra |
Operator | Líneas Aéreas Nacionales S.A. |
Registration | OB-R-941 |
Flight origin | Jorge Chávez International Airport, Lima, Peru |
Stopover | Captain Rolden International Airport, Pucallpa |
Destination | Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport, Iquitos, Peru |
Occupants | 92 |
Passengers | 86 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 91 |
Injuries | 1 |
Survivors | 1 |
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