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1952 Transportes Aéreos Nacional Douglas C 47 mid air fire

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Date
  
12 August 1952

Passengers
  
20

Fatalities
  
24

Summary
  
In-flight fire

Crew
  
4

Site
  
Palmeiras de Goias, Brazil

The 1952 Transportes Aéreos Nacional Douglas C-47 mid-air fire occurred on 12 August 1952 when a Douglas C-47A registered PP-ANH was destroyed after a in-flight fire caused it to crash near Palmeiras de Goiás, Brazil.

The 1944-built C-47 was on a domestic flight from Rio Verde Airport to Goiânia-Santa Genoveva Airport, belonged to Viabras and was operated by Transportes Aéreos Nacional.

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1952 Transportes Aéreos Nacional Douglas C-47 mid-air fire Wikipedia