Guest guest Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 Saturday, 1 April 2006, 05:37 GMT 06:37 UK Small Brazilian plane disappears An aircraft carrying 19 people has gone missing in a mountainous area en route to the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, local officials have said. The twin-engine turboprop plane disappeared from radar screens 20 minutes after leaving the city of Macae, 180km (112 miles) east of Rio. The plane was due to arrive at 1800 local time (2100 GMT) on Friday. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4867130.stm ASN ACCIDENT DIGEST 2006-04 31 MAR 2006 Time: ca 17:35 Type: Let 410UVP-E20 Operator: TEAM Transportes Aéreos Registration: PT-FSE Msn / C/n: 912532 Year built: 1991 Crew: 2 fatalities / 2 on board Passengers: 17 fatalities / 17 on board Total: 19 fatalities / 19 on board Airplane damage: Written off Location: near Saquarema, RJ (Brazil) Phase: En Route (ENR) Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger Departure airport: Macaé Airport, RJ (MEA) Destination airport: Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU) TEAM Flight 6865 departed Macaé (MEA) at 17:19 on a scheduled flight to Rio de Janeiro (SDU). The airplane was expected to arrive at 18:02. Contact was lost and the flight appeared to have crashed between the cities of Saquarema and Rio Bonito. sources: Avião da Team com 19 pessoas a bordo é encontrado sem sobreviventes no Rio (Folha Online, 1-4-2006) Dasha: Ra/Ju/Ra/Me/Me satva Jorge Angelino Rua da Sociedade Filarmónica Perpétua Azeitonense, 29 2925-598 Azeitão Portugal jorge.angelino tel: mobile: 210813674 963916784 Add me to your address book... Want a signature like this? -- Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.4/299 - Release 31.03.2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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