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Rio de Janeiro mid-air collision

Accident details

What happened

The 1960 Rio de Janeiro air crash: A United States Navy Douglas R6D-1 (DC-6A) collides with Real Transportes Aéreos Flight 753, a Douglas DC-3, over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; of the 38 occupants of the American aircraft, three survive, and all 26 passengers and crew of the Brazilian aircraft are killed.

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