Viasa Flight 897
1961 plane crash off the coast of Portugal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Viasa Flight 897 was an international scheduled Rome–Madrid–Lisbon–Santa Maria–Caracas[nb 1] passenger service that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal on 30 May 1961, shortly after takeoff from Portela Airport. There were no survivors among the 61 occupants of the aircraft.[1]
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Accident | |
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Date | 30 May 1961 (1961-05-30) |
Summary | Loss of control; cause undetermined |
Site | Off Lisbon |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Douglas DC-8-53 |
Aircraft name | Fridtjof Nansen |
Operator | KLM on behalf of Viasa |
Registration | PH-DCL |
Flight origin | Fiumicino Airport |
1st stopover | Barajas Airport |
2nd stopover | Portela Airport |
3rd stopover | Santa Maria Airport |
Last stopover | Portela Airport |
Destination | Simón Bolívar International Airport |
Occupants | 61 |
Passengers | 47 |
Crew | 14 |
Fatalities | 61 |
Survivors | 0 |
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