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Date: | Friday 23 April 1937 |
Time: | |
Type: | Fairchild 82B |
Owner/operator: | Aeropostal |
Registration: | YV-ACA |
MSN: | 49 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | El Dorado, Bolívar -
Venezuela
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Colombia |
Destination airport: | Venezuela |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Disappeared in the Gran Savanna Caroni Luepa e Tumeremo. Pilot Ten Jorge Narcano, radio-operator and two passengers. Three rescued after 17 days. US passenger Commercial Attaché Frederick Grab died.
Sources:
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_YV-.html O Estado de S.Paulo 29 April 1937, p1
http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/17803/ The Daily Telegraph 11 May 1937, p4
La Nación (Santiago) 10 May 1937, p1
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Jul-2017 15:35 |
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Added |
02-Oct-2021 20:51 |
TB |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
16-Jul-2023 14:25 |
TB |
Updated |