Air disaster

Lufthansa Flight 502

11 Jan 1959 · 22.81° S, 43.24° W

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When
11 Jan 1959
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
22.81° S, 43.24° W
Description
aviation accident
Deaths
36

Placed at the coordinates of its Italian Wikipedia article.

Lufthansa Flight 502

Aviation accident in 1959

Lufthansa Flight 502 was a scheduled flight from Hamburg, Germany to Buenos Aires, Argentina on 11 January 1959. The flight was being operated by a Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation. On the leg between Senegal and Brazil the Super Constellation was on approach to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport when it crashed near Flecheiras Beach just short of the runway.

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