1960 Rio de Janeiro mid-air collision

1960 aviation accident

1960 Rio de Janeiro mid-air collision
Accident
Date	February 25, 1960
Summary	Mid-air collision
Site	Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Total fatalities	61
Total survivors	3
First aircraft
A U.S. Navy Douglas R6D-1 similar to the accident aircraft
Type	Douglas R6D-1 (DC-6A)
Operator	United States Navy
Registration	131582
Flight origin	Buenos Aires-Ezeiza
Destination	Galeão Air Force Base
Occupants	38
Passengers	31
Crew	7
Fatalities	35
Survivors	3
Second aircraft
A Douglas DC-3 similar to the accident aircraft
Type	Douglas DC-3
Operator	Real Transportes Aéreos
Registration	PP-AXD
Flight origin	Campos dos Goytacazes
Destination	Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport
Occupants	26
Passengers	23
Crew	3
Fatalities	26
Survivors	0

The 1960 Rio de Janeiro mid-air collision was an aerial collision between two aircraft over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February 25, 1960. A United States Navy Douglas R6D-1 (DC-6A) (BuNo 131582) flying from Buenos Aires-Ezeiza to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Air Force Base collided over Guanabara Bay, close to the Sugarloaf Mountain, with a Real Transportes Aéreos Douglas DC-3, registration PP-AXD, operating flight 751 from Campos dos Goytacazes to Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport. The crash occurred at 16:10 local time at an altitude of 1,600 meters (5,249 feet).

The US Navy aircraft was carrying members of the United States Navy Band to Brazil to perform at a diplomatic reception attended by US President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Of the 38 occupants of the American aircraft, 3 survived. All 26 passengers and crew of the Brazilian aircraft died. The probable causes of the accident are disputed, but include human error, both air and ground, and faulty equipment.

References

"Accident description 131582". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
"Accident description PP-AXD". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
Germano da Silva, Carlos Ari César (2008). "Torre de Babel". O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX através dos seus acidentes 1928-1996 (in Portuguese) (2 ed.). Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS. pp. 182–186. ISBN 978-85-7430-760-2.
Pereira, Aldo (1987). Breve história da aviação comercial brasileira (in Portuguese). Europa. p. 286.
Ruane, Michael E. (February 26, 2010). "Friends, Musicians Honor Victims Of 1960 Navy Band Crash". The Washington Post. p. B1. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
Eisenhower's Tour of Latin America, 61 Die in Air Crash. World News Digest. March 2, 1960.

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1960 (1960)
Jan 6 National Airlines Flight 2511Jan 18 Capital Airlines Flight 20Jan 19 SAS Flight 871Jan 21 Avianca Flight 671Feb 5 Douglas DC-4 Cochabamba crashFeb 25 Rio de Janeiro mid-air collisionFeb 26 Aeroflot Flight 315Feb 26 Alitalia Flight 618Mar 17 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710May 1 U-2 incidentJun 10 Aeroflot Flight 207Jun 10 Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538Jun 24 Real Transportes Aéreos Flight 435Jul 1 RB-47 incidentJul 14 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 1-11Jul 15 Ethiopian Air Lines Flight 372Jul 16 Danish football air crashJul 21 Chicago Helicopter Airways Flight 698Aug 17 Aeroflot Flight 036Aug 29 Air France Flight 343Sep 19 World Airways Flight 830Sep 26 Austrian Airlines Flight 901Oct 4 Eastern Air Lines Flight 375Oct 29 Cal Poly football team plane crashNov 20 F-84 Thunderstreak crashNov 23 Philippine Air Lines Flight S26Dec 16 New York mid-air collisionDec 17 Munich C-131 crashDec 22 Philippine Air Lines Flight S85
1959 ◄ ► 1961

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1960 (1960)

Jan 6 National Airlines Flight 2511Jan 18 Capital Airlines Flight 20Jan 19 SAS Flight 871Jan 21 Avianca Flight 671Feb 5 Douglas DC-4 Cochabamba crashFeb 25 Rio de Janeiro mid-air collisionFeb 26 Aeroflot Flight 315Feb 26 Alitalia Flight 618Mar 17 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710May 1 U-2 incidentJun 10 Aeroflot Flight 207Jun 10 Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538Jun 24 Real Transportes Aéreos Flight 435Jul 1 RB-47 incidentJul 14 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 1-11Jul 15 Ethiopian Air Lines Flight 372Jul 16 Danish football air crashJul 21 Chicago Helicopter Airways Flight 698Aug 17 Aeroflot Flight 036Aug 29 Air France Flight 343Sep 19 World Airways Flight 830Sep 26 Austrian Airlines Flight 901Oct 4 Eastern Air Lines Flight 375Oct 29 Cal Poly football team plane crashNov 20 F-84 Thunderstreak crashNov 23 Philippine Air Lines Flight S26Dec 16 New York mid-air collisionDec 17 Munich C-131 crashDec 22 Philippine Air Lines Flight S85

1959 ◄ ► 1961

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in Brazil
1920s–1940s	Dornier J Santos Dumont crash (December 1928) Pan Am Sikorsky S-43 crash (August 1939)
1950s	Panair do Brasil Flight 099 (July 1950) Rio do Sal Linhas Aéreas Paulistas C-47 crash (July 1951) Pan Am Flight 202 (April 1952) Transportes Aéreos Nacional Douglas C-47 mid-air fire (August 1952) Begé VARIG Commando crash (April 1957) Lufthansa Flight 502 (January 1959)
1960s	Rio de Janeiro mid-air collision (February 1960) Real Transportes Aéreos Flight 435 (June 1960) Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 322 (November 1961) Paraná da Eva Panair do Brasil Lockheed Constellation crash (December 1962) Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul Flight 144 (May 1963)
1970s	Paraense Transportes Aéreos Flight 903 (March 1970) Lufthansa Cargo Flight 527 (July 1979)
1980s	Transbrasil Flight 303 (April 1980) Barra do Garças air disaster (June 1980) VASP Flight 234 (May 1982) VASP Flight 168 (June 1982) TABA Fairchild FH-227 accident (June 1982) TARSA Bandeirante accident (June 1984) VASP Flight 210 (January 1986) Brazilian UFO incident (May 1986) VASP Flight 375 (September 1988) Transbrasil Flight 801 (March 1989) Varig Flight 254 (September 1989)
1990s	VASP Flight 780 (June 1992) TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 (October 1996)
2000s	TAM Airlines Flight 9755 (September 2001) Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 (August 2002) Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5561 (September 2002) Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815 (May 2004) TEAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 6865 (March 2006) Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 (September 2006) TAM Airlines Flight 3054 (July 2007) Manaus Aerotáxi Embraer Bandeirante crash (February 2009) Air France Flight 447 (June 2009)*
2010s	Noar Linhas Aéreas Flight 4896 (July 2011) Santos Cessna Citation crash (August 2014) São Paulo helicopter crash (February 2019)
2020s	Palmas FR plane crash (January 2021) Piedade de Caratinga Beechcraft King Air crash (November 2021) Manaus Aerotáxi Embraer Bandeirante crash (September 2023) Rio Branco Cessna Grand Caravan crash (October 2023) Voepass Flight 2283 (August 2024) Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5682 (November 2024)
* occurred in international waters

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