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Datum: | Dienstag 30 Januar 1979 |
Zeit: | 21:00 |
Flugzeugtyp: | Boeing 707-323C |
Fluggesellschaft: | Varig |
Kennzeichen: | PP-VLU |
Werknummer: | 19235/519 |
Baujahr: | 1966 |
Triebwerk: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 6 / Insassen: 6 |
Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 6 / Insassen: 6 |
Sachschaden: | Vermisst |
Konsequenzen: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
Unfallort: | c 200km ENE off Tokyo, Japan ( Pacific Ocean)
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Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
Betriebsart: | Frachtflug |
Flug von: | Tokyo-Narita Airport (NRT/RJAA), Japan |
Flug nach: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX), USA |
Flugnummer: | 967 |
Unfallbericht:Varig flight 967 wen missing on the first leg of a cargo flight from Tokyo, Japan to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, Brazil. Intermediate stops were planned at Los Angeles, USA and Lima, Peru.
The aircraft, carrying 153 paintings worth USD 1.24 mln., took off from Tokyo at 20:23 hours local time. Last contact with the flight was at 20:45 hours. The flight was then expected to have contacted ATC at 21:23, but no contact was established.
One of the flight crew members had survived an accident involving a Varig Boeing 707 at Paris, France on July 11, 1973. Just eleven of the 134 occupants survived that accident.
Informationsquelle:
» Aviation Letter 148
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Voo PP-VLU da Varig - o retorno do comandante Gilberto
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accident date:
30-01-1979type: Boeing 707-323C
registration: PP-VLU
accident date:
30-01-1979type: Boeing 707-323C
registration: PP-VLU
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.