Viasa Flight 897
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Portela Airport | |
Destination | Simón Bolívar International Airport |
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Occupants | 61 |
Passengers | 47 |
Crew | 14 |
Fatalities | 61 |
Survivors | 0 |
Viasa Flight 897 was an international scheduled
Aircraft
Named
Description
The crash of Viasa Flight 897 occurred on the third leg of a trip that originated in
At the time the airliner lifted off from Lisbon at 01:15
Investigation
The cause for the crash of Viasa Flight 897 was never determined by either Portuguese or Dutch authorities. The official report out of Portugal concluded "Notwithstanding a very thorough, time-consuming investigation, in which many authorities and experts co-operated, it was not possible to establish a probable cause of the accident."
The Netherlands, as state of registry for the aircraft, commented: "Though there are no direct indications in this respect, the Board regards it as possible that the accident was due to the pilot or pilots being misled by instrument failure, in particular of the artificial horizon, or to the pilot having been distracted, so that a serious deviation from the normal flight path was not discovered in time."
Legacy
At the time it occurred, Flight 897 was the third fatal crash of a big jetliner since they were introduced into service in 1958.
See also
- Graveyard spiral
- Sensory illusions in aviation
- Spatial disorientation
- Other aircraft that crashed shortly after takeoff, while turning above a dark ocean:
Notes
- ^ There exists a discrepancy over the route served by the flight depending upon the source.[1][2] Nevertheless, a July 1961 timetable shows that the route covered by the flight at the time the accident took place actually had its origin in Rome and had Caracas as its final destination, with stopovers at Madrid, Lisbon, and Santa Maria Island.[3]
References
- ^ Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 26 November 2011.
- ^ Flight: 814. 8 June 1961. Archived from the originalon 2014-04-07. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ^ "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.
- Flight: 819. 15 June 1961. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
These incidents come on top of the complete loss, with all 61 on board, of KLM's newest Douglas DC-8 off Lisbon, when under charter to Viasa (Venezuela).
External links
- Final report (Archive) - GPIAA(in Portuguese)