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Viasa Flight 897
A VIASA Douglas DC-8-53 similar to the one involved in the accident.
Accident
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
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]
^ abAccident description for PH-DCL at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 November 2011.
^Cite error: The named reference Flight1961-814 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Viasa Summer time table (Effective 1 July 1961) – Europe to South America". Airline Timetable Images. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
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