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391:"The burned, broken wreckage of the Pan American Stratocruiser that vanished Monday night was found in northern Brazil today." There was no evidence that any of the 50 persons on board, including 19 Americans, lived through the crash. An air hunt over 320,000 square miles (830,000 km) of jungle, river basins and plateau land finally located the ruins in the Indian country between the cities of Barreiras and Carolina.
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less than 40 nautical miles (50 mi; 70 km) from the wreckage, with the intention of trekking to the accident site. Unfortunately, the extreme nature of the terrain forced all but seven team members to return to Lago Grande before reaching the site. The remaining seven investigators, running
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airliner circled the scene of the crash; its pilot reported extensive evidence of fire and said he saw two of the big plane's engines lying 1,600 feet (490 m) apart in the hilly, heavily wooded area. A Pan
American passenger plane was converted to carry a seven-man rescue unit, headed by Maj.
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led investigators to believe that the engine and/or propeller had failed in flight. There had been two prior engine separation incidents with the 377, on
January 24 and 25, 1950. In this case, investigators hypothesized that the propeller failure caused the engine to experience highly unbalanced
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for the No. 2 engine but not the engine itself), and the Nos. 3 and 4 engines (normally attached to the starboard wing) had fallen in an area of dense forest about 13 nautical miles (15 mi; 24 km) northwest of the base camp. The outer port wing and the No. 1 engine had fallen 765 yards
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The investigation took place under exceptionally unfavorable conditions, and the exact cause of the crash was not established. However, it was theorized based on an examination of the wreckage that an engine had separated in flight after propeller blade failure.
398:, a Tocantins River town 1,100 miles (960 nmi; 1,800 km) north-northwest of Rio de Janeiro. The double-decked Stratocruiser was reported to have broken in two; its charred wreckage was scattered on both sides of a 1,500-foot-high (460 m) hill.
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loads and it eventually separated from the aircraft, precipitating an in-flight breakup. Debris from the propeller and engine may have contributed to the breakup by damaging control surfaces after being flung from the port wing during the failure.
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Brazilian Air Force, United States Air Force, and United States Navy aircraft searched the jungle, while
Brazilian Navy ships searched the coastal areas off northern South America. The wreckage was not found until May 1, when a Pan American
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and fractured parts of the No. 2 engine (normally attached to the port wing) had fallen roughly 1,100 yards (3,300 ft; 1,000 m) north of the main wreckage and 800 yards (2,000 ft; 700 m) northeast of the port wing.
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American's office at Miami reported that, after circling the scene for four hours, the rescue plane returned to its base at Para without dropping the rescue team. It said they did not jump because there were no signs of survivors.
325:, Uruguay; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. It began its route on the evening of April 28, 1952, in Buenos Aires, and after stopping off in Montevideo, it arrived in Rio de Janeiro at 1:05 a.m.
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585:"Burned Wreckage of Stratocruiser Is Sighted on a Brazilian Hilltop; Search Plane Reports No Sign That Any of the 50 Aboard Survived Crash in Forest WRECKED AIRLINER IS FOUND IN BRAZIL"
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Model 24260 four-blade propeller. The propeller blades were constructed with a rubber core filling a steel shell, which was later identified as a design prone to structural failure.
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Flight 202 was an international scheduled passenger flight from
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519:"Accident description: Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10-26"
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1595:Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
607:"Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser Propeller Woes"
2062:Piedade de Caratinga Beechcraft King Air crash
645:. Australia: Aerospace Publications Pty. Ltd.
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1917:TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402
594:. Associated Press. May 2, 1952. p. 1.
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544:"Accident list: Boeing 377 Stratocruiser"
2419:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1952
2302:Habomai Islands RB-29 shootdown incident
643:Air Disaster, Vol. 4: The Propeller Era
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375:The wreckage of Pan American Flight 202
1799:Paraense Transportes Aéreos Flight 903
336:The flight reported abeam the city of
2078:Rio Branco Cessna Grand Caravan crash
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66:Engine separation, in-flight breakup
301:radial piston engines, each with a
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2098:* occurred in international waters
1976:Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907
1756:Real Transportes Aéreos Flight 435
1380:Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2
614:Aircraft Engine Historical Society
468:Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2
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1748:Rio de Janeiro mid-air collision
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689:Fernandes Cruz, Felipe (2012).
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1968:TEAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 6865
1960:Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815
1944:Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823
1850:TABA Fairchild FH-227 accident
401:Pan American officials said a
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1662:Dornier J Santos Dumont crash
667:Accident Report on Flight 202
257:aircraft that crashed in the
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191:Port of Spain-Piarco Airport
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35:A Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
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1936:TAM Airlines Flight 9755
309:Flight and disappearance
291:Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
255:Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
97:9.7519750°S 50.7842028°W
51:April 29, 1952
2232:Novosibirsk Il-12 crash
1332:Accidents and incidents
684:Aviation Safety Network
671:Civil Aeronautics Board
548:Aviation Safety Network
523:Aviation Safety Network
386:Caraja Indian territory
163:Buenos Aires, Argentina
102:-9.7519750; -50.7842028
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1890:Transbrasil Flight 801
1874:Brazilian UFO incident
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691:"Amazonia 1952: FOUND"
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1729:Lufthansa Flight 502
1587:The Wild Blue Yonder
1372:Pan Am Flight 845/26
1344:1948 Lake Mead crash
680:Accident description
483:Pan Am Flight 845/26
367:Search and discovery
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151:Registration
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88:50°47′3.13″W
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1809:(July 1979)
1758:(June 1960)
1699:(July 1951)
1691:(July 1950)
1654:1920s–1940s
1556:Up An' Atom
1308:Silverplate
1214:Super Guppy
924:Flight 1736
822:Flight 526A
810:Flight 1-10
786:Flight 1104
743:Juan Trippe
619:December 3,
553:October 23,
198:Destination
100: /
85:9°45′7.11″S
2393:Categories
1962:(May 2004)
1876:(May 1986)
1782:(May 1963)
1607:See also:
1549:Top Secret
1465:Full House
1219:Mini Guppy
1151:Transports
948:Flight 103
936:Flight 759
930:Flight 830
918:Flight 812
912:Flight 806
906:Flight 816
900:Flight 841
894:Flight 845
888:Flight 799
882:Flight 708
876:Flight 292
870:Flight 843
864:Flight 214
852:Flight 115
828:Flight 202
816:Flight 151
804:Flight 923
798:Flight 121
489:References
448:, and the
327:local time
323:Montevideo
233:Fatalities
217:Passengers
122:Boeing 377
55:1952-04-29
24:Flight 202
1472:Jabit III
1451:Enola Gay
1416:Big Stink
1313:Survivors
1303:Operators
1282:KJ-1 AEWC
1232:Airliners
942:Flight 73
761:incidents
736:Employees
438:empennage
338:Barreiras
241:Survivors
209:Occupants
1566:In media
1479:Kee Bird
1423:Bockscar
1323:Variants
992:Category
846:Flight 7
840:Flight 6
641:(2001).
457:See also
420:seaplane
396:Carolina
361:Santarém
346:Maranhão
285:Aircraft
263:Carolina
182:, Brazil
140:Operator
113:Aircraft
43:Accident
2142: (
2140:in 1952
1318:Tip Tow
1255:Tupolev
1184:Tupolev
1148:Tankers
1114:Tupolev
1042:Bombers
752:History
682:at the
632:Sources
433:nacelle
350:Formosa
329:(04:05
63:Summary
53: (
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2348:Dec 20
2328:Nov 28
2318:Nov 22
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2248:Jun 13
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1598:(1980)
1590:(1951)
1582:(1945)
1399:(1956)
1391:(1956)
1383:(1956)
1375:(1955)
1362:(1952)
1291:Topics
1239:Boeing
1161:Boeing
1090:YB-50C
1050:Boeing
1032:Boeing
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729:Pan Am
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267:Brazil
253:was a
155:N1039V
76:Brazil
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1681:1950s
1262:Tu-70
1191:Tu-75
1173:KC-97
1132:Tu-85
1127:Tu-80
1080:XB-44
1075:XB-39
1068:KB-29
1063:B-29D
610:(PDF)
494:Notes
2144:1952
1458:FIFI
1168:C-97
1122:Tu-4
1097:B-54
1085:B-50
1058:B-29
647:ISBN
621:2019
555:2013
530:2018
352:and
289:The
225:Crew
71:Site
48:Date
1444:Doc
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1104:P2B
675:PDF
342:VFR
331:UTC
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