What happened
On a scheduled flight from Belém to Manaus-Ponta Pelada Airport, a Lockheed Constellation operated by Panair Brasil departed at 02:31 GMT. The aircraft was traveling along the Amber 1 airway for what was expected to be a three-hour journey.
At 05:04, the flight crew established contact with Manaus, indicating they were approximately six minutes from their destination. However, during a subsequent communication at 05:19, the crew inquired if the sound of the aircraft's engines could be detected by the controllers in Manaus. The ground staff responded that they could not hear the engines and requested clarification regarding the nature of the inquiry. Following this exchange, all radio contact with the flight was lost.
Search efforts later indicated that the aircraft had crashed approximately 45 km from Manaus. The wreckage of the Lockheed Constellation was found completely destroyed. There were no survivors among the 50 fatalities recorded in the accident.