LANSA Flight 508
A LANSA Lockheed L-188 Electra similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 24 December 1971 |
| Summary | Crashed following a midair break-up in a thunderstorm |
| Site | Puerto Inca, Peru |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Lockheed L-188A Electra |
| Operator | Líneas Aéreas Nacionales S.A. |
| Registration | OB-R-941 |
| Flight origin | Jorge Chávez International Airport, Lima, Peru |
| Stopover | Captain Rolden International Airport, Pucallpa, Peru |
| Destination | Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport, Iquitos, Peru |
| Occupants | 92 |
| Passengers | 86 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 91 |
| Injuries | 1 |
| Survivors | 1 |
LANSA Flight 508 was a Lockheed L-188A Electra turboprop operated as a scheduled domestic passenger flight by Lineas Aéreas Nacionales Sociedad Anonima (LANSA, a Peruvian airline company) that crashed in a thunderstorm en route from Lima to Pucallpa in Peru on 24 December 1971, killing 91 people – all six crew on board and 85 of its 86 passengers. It is regarded in popular retellings as the deadliest lightning strike disaster in aviation history.