Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| 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-Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport (ABJ) (Cote d'Ivoire)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Abidjan-Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport (ABJ/DIAP), Cote d'Ivoire |
| Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ, Brazil | |
| Flightnumber: | 797 |
The aircraft crashed into the jungle while returning to the Abidjan following problems with the no. 1 engine.
Sources:
» Aviation Letter 243
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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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