Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 30 JAN 1979 |
| Type: | Boeing 707-323C |
| Operator: | Varig |
| Registration: | PP-VLU |
| C/n / msn: | 19235/519 |
| First flight: | 1966 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Missing |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | c 200km ENE off Tokyo, Japan (Pacific Ocean)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Tokyo-Narita Airport (NRT/RJAA), Japan |
| Rio de Janeiro-Galećo International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL), Brazil |
Missing over the Pacific Ocean, some 30 minutes after takeoff from Tokyo. The aircraft carried 153 paintings, worth USD 1.24mln.
Events:
Sources:
» Aviation Letter 148
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Tokyo-Narita Airport to Rio de Janeiro-Galećo International Airport, RJ as the crow flies is 18409 km (11506 miles).
Distance from Tokyo-Narita Airport to Rio de Janeiro-Galećo International Airport, RJ as the crow flies is 18409 km (11506 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Networks opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
