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Accident description
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Status:
Date:03 JAN 1987
Type:Boeing 707-379C
Operator:Varig
Registration: PP-VJK
C/n / msn: 19822/726
First flight: 1968
Engines: 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B
Crew:Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12
Passengers:Fatalities: 38 / Occupants: 39
Total:Fatalities: 50 / Occupants: 51
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:18 km (11.3 mls) NE of Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire) show on map
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Abidjan-Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport (ABJ/DIAP), Cote d'Ivoire
Destination airport:Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ, Brazil
Flightnumber: 797
Narrative:
The aircraft crashed into the jungle while returning to the Abidjan following problems with the no. 1 engine.

Sources:
» Aviation Letter 243

Statistics
98th loss of a Boeing 707
23rd worst accident involving a Boeing 707 (at the time)
26th worst accident involving a Boeing 707 (currently)
The worst accident in Cote d'Ivoire (at the time)
2nd worst accident in Cote d'Ivoire (currently)

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Photos
photo of Boeing 707-379C PP-VJK
photo of Boeing 707-379C PP-VJK
 

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.

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