PT-LXO Lear 55C over run into bay - Rio

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Avião de pequeno porte cai na Baía de Guanabara - O Globo

Lear 55C PT-LXO of OceanAir, departed Santo Dumont Airport, had to make an emergency landing, upon landing blew tire and over ran into bay. Two crew and two passengers rescued.

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Avião cai na Baía de Guanabara photos

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According other sources there were three occupants on board. A few minutes after take off from Santos Dumont the crew returned to the airport after a complicated failure of the electrical system(s). Also ATC contact was lost and an emergengy squawk was sent by transponder. During the landing at RWY 02R there was a mainwheel(s?) tire-burst and the the Learjet 55C overran the runway and ditched into waters of Guanabara Bay.
All three occupants survived and not much "optical" damage was visible to the PT-LXO (YOC 1989) but I think salt water is not a friend of an airframe and its engines and other technical equipment....

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Confirm 3 on board, all employees.

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Check this Brazil news video, the Lear was further out in the water, and with full power, the aircraft is moving back towards the shore.

Globo Vídeos - VIDEO - Resgate de avião que caiu no Santos Dumont demora quase 8 horas

I'll have a better link to a longer video tomorrow, shows all the emergency vehicles awaiting the Lears return to shore!!

Note; this is the 4th biz jet to run off into the bay at this airport!!! Two Lear 55's and two Citations.

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Better video, Learjet under power in the water; video and photos . . .

http://www.thekathrynreport.com/2010/08/raw-video-and-photos-learjet-55c-pt-lxo.html

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http://www.pprune.org/biz-jets-ag-fl...a-bay-rio.html