LANSA Flight 508
1971 aviation accident in Peru / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
LANSA Flight 508 was a plane crash that occurred on December 24, 1971 over the Peruvian Amazon jungle with a balance of 91 dead and with only one young survivor, Juliane Kopcke.
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Date | December 24, 1971 (1971-12-24) |
Summary | Pilot error causing lightning strike and break-up |
Site | Puerto Inca, Peru |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Lockheed L-188A Electra |
Operator | Líneas Aéreas Nacionales S.A. |
Registration | OB-R-941 |
Flight origin | Jorge Chávez International Airport, Lima |
Stopover | Captain Rolden International Airport, Pucallpa |
Destination | Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport, Iquitos |
Occupants | 92 |
Passengers | 86 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 91 |
Injuries | 1 |
Survivors | 1 (Juliane Koepcke) |
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It is the deadliest lightning strike disaster in history.[1]