Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 27 FEB 1975 |
| Type: | Embraer 110C Bandeirante |
| Operator: | VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo |
| Registration: | PP-SBE |
| C/n / msn: | 110021 |
| First flight: | 1974 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH) (Brazil) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP), Brazil |
| Bauru Airport, SP (BAU/SBBU), Brazil | |
| Flightnumber: | 640 |
Crashed shortly after take-off. The airplane operated on a domestic flight to Bauru and Araçatuba Airport, SP (ARU).
Sources:
» Flight International 06.03.1975 (350)
» Chicago Tribune (Feb 28, 1975)
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Distance from São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP to Bauru Airport, SP as the crow flies is 283 km (177 miles).
Distance from São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP to Bauru Airport, SP as the crow flies is 283 km (177 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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