Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante crash, Jun 28, 1984 (18 killed)
Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante accident on June 28, 1984 near Rio das Ostras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with 18 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into...
- Date: June 28, 1984
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante
- Location: Rio das Ostras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Fatalities: 18
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain: the crew continued the approach under visual rules in instrument conditions.
A TAM Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante (PP-SBC) on a charter flight from Rio de Janeiro Galeao to Macae, carrying 16 passengers, mostly journalists invited by Petrobras, and 2 crew, flew into Morro de Sao Joao while descending in rain and cloud on 28 June 1984. All 18 people on board were killed.