Douglas DC-3 crash, Oct 21, 1954 (6 killed), Rio de Janei...
Douglas DC-3 accident on October 21, 1954 near Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with 6 fatalities.
- Date: October 21, 1954
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
- Location: Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
A Cruzeiro do Sul DC-3 with three crew and 28 passengers landed at Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro on 21 October 1954 on a wet runway. It could not stop in the remaining distance, overran, and sank in Guanabara Bay. Six passengers drowned after rescue was delayed.