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Accident | |
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Date | 27 April 1966 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
Site | Mount Talaula, Tomas District, Peru |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Lockheed L-749A Constellation |
Operator | LANSA |
Registration | OB-R-771 |
Flight origin | Jorge Chávez International Airport |
Destination | Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport |
Passengers | 43 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 49 |
Survivors | 0 |
LANSA Flight 501 was a domestic flight from Lima to Cusco operated by a Lockheed L-749 Constellation aircraft registration OB-R-771. On 27 April 1966 flight 501 crashed into a mountain side in Tomas District, killing all 49 on board. [1]
The plane radioed a distress call 10 minutes after takeoff. At least four Americans, two Swiss, one Canadian, three Germans and one Spaniard were on board. Three of the Americans were Peace Corps volunteers. [2] Also on the plane were three members of the University of Cuzco, including its rector, Jorge Chávez Chaparro. [3]
You can help expand this article with text translated from
the corresponding article in Russian. (January 2017) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
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Accident | |
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Date | 27 April 1966 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
Site | Mount Talaula, Tomas District, Peru |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Lockheed L-749A Constellation |
Operator | LANSA |
Registration | OB-R-771 |
Flight origin | Jorge Chávez International Airport |
Destination | Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport |
Passengers | 43 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 49 |
Survivors | 0 |
LANSA Flight 501 was a domestic flight from Lima to Cusco operated by a Lockheed L-749 Constellation aircraft registration OB-R-771. On 27 April 1966 flight 501 crashed into a mountain side in Tomas District, killing all 49 on board. [1]
The plane radioed a distress call 10 minutes after takeoff. At least four Americans, two Swiss, one Canadian, three Germans and one Spaniard were on board. Three of the Americans were Peace Corps volunteers. [2] Also on the plane were three members of the University of Cuzco, including its rector, Jorge Chávez Chaparro. [3]