1980 passenger plane crash in Florianópolis, Brazil
Transbrasil Flight 303
PT-TYS, the aircraft involved in the accident
Accident
Date
12 April 1980
Summary
Pilot error followed by controlled flight into terrain
Site
Morro da Virgínia, near Hercílio Luz International Airport, Florianópolis, Brazil
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 727-27C
Operator
Transbrasil
Registration
PT-TYS
Flight origin
Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport, Belém
1st stopover
Fortaleza Airport, Fortaleza
2nd stopover
Brasília International Airport, Brasília
3rd stopover
Goiabeiras Airport, Vitória
4th stopover
Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport, Rio de Janeiro
5th stopover
Afonso Pena International Airport, Curitiba
6th stopover
São Paulo–Congonhas Airport, São Paulo
Last stopover
Hercílio Luz International Airport, Florianópolis
Destination
Salgado Filho Porto Alegre International Airport, Porto Alegre
Passengers
50
Crew
8
Fatalities
55
Injuries
3
Survivors
3
Transbrasil Flight 303 was a flight from Congonhas-São Paulo Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, to Hercílio Luz International Airport in Florianópolis, Brazil, on 12 April 1980. It crashed on approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport. Only 3 of the 58 people on board survived.[1][2][3]
^"Accident description PT-TYS". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
^Ari César, Carlos; da Silva, Germano (2008). "Transbrasil 303". O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX através dos seus acidentes 1928-1996 [The witch trail: history of Brazilian commercial aviation in the 20th century through its accidents 1928-1996] (in Portuguese) (2 ed.). Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS. pp. 313–317. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.
^"Desastre com Boeing só tem 4 sobreviventes" [Disaster with Boeing only has 4 survivors] (in Portuguese). Jornal do Brasil Ano XC, edição nº 6, página 1 e 20. 14 April 1980.
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