A Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date
11 January 1959 (1959-01-11)
Summary
Controlled flight into terrain
Site
Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport, Brazil
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
Operator
Lufthansa
Registration
D-ALAK
Flight origin
Dakar Airport, Senegal
Destination
Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport, Brazil
Occupants
39
Passengers
29
Crew
10
Fatalities
36
Injuries
3
Survivors
3
Lufthansa Flight 502 was a scheduled flight from Hamburg, Germany to Buenos Aires, Argentina on 11 January 1959. The flight was being operated by a Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation (registration D-ALAK).[1] On the leg between Senegal and Brazil the Super Constellation was on approach to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport when it crashed near Flecheiras Beach just short of the runway. All 29 passengers and seven of the ten crew were killed.[1] It was the first fatal accident involving the current Lufthansa since it was formed in 1955.[2]
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