Accident Lockheed L-188A Electra OB-R-941, Friday 24 December 1971
- ️Harro Ranter
| Date: | Friday 24 December 1971 |
| Time: | 12:36 |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-188A Electra |
| Owner/operator: | Lineas Aéreas Nacionales S.A. - LANSA |
| Registration: | OB-R-941 |
| MSN: | 1086 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 91 / Occupants: 92 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Puerto Inca -
 Peru
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Lima-Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM/SPIM) |
| Destination airport: | Pucallpa Airport (PCL/SPCL) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:
LANSA flight 508, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, crashed following a loss of control near Puerto Inca, Peru, killing 91 occupants; one passenger survived the accident.
About forty minutes after takeoff, the aircraft entered a zone of strong turbulence and lightning. After flying for twenty minutes in this weather at FL210 lightning struck the aircraft, causing fire on the right wing which separated, along with part of the left wing. The aircraft crashed in flames into mountainous terrain. Structural failure occurred because of the loads imposed on the aircraft flying through a severe thunderstorm, but also because of stresses resulting from the maneuver to level out the aircraft.
A 17-year-old German Peruvian, Juliane Koepcke, survived the accident. Despite sustaining a broken collar bone, a deep gash to her right arm, a concussion and an eye injury in the fall, she was able to trek through the dense Amazon jungle for 10 days, until she was rescued by local lumbermen.
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Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Lima International Airport (LIM); March 1968
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Nov-2024 08:21 | ASN | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |