Embraer C-95 Bandeirante crash, May 8, 1998 (4 killed), B...
Embraer C-95 Bandeirante accident on May 8, 1998 near Barra de Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with 4 fatalities. Cause: Under investigation; sources...
- Date: May 8, 1998
- Aircraft: Embraer C-95 Bandeirante
- Location: Barra de Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Under investigation; sources disagree between a technical problem and a jumper striking the elevator.
A Brazilian Air Force Bandeirante on a paratrooper training mission lost control after all ten jumpers had left the aircraft, and crashed in Barra de Tijuca about 12 km south of its base. All three crew were killed, along with one jumper whose parachute did not open. Sources disagree on whether the cause was a technical fault or contact with the elevator by a jumper.