Accident
Last updated: 25 May 2013
Status:
Datum:03 JAN 1987
Flugzeugtyp:Boeing 707-379C
Fluggesellschaft:Varig
Kennzeichen: PP-VJK
Werknummer: 19822/726
Baujahr: 1968
Triebwerk: 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 12 / Insassen: 12
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 38 / Insassen: 39
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 50 / Insassen: 51
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:18 km (11.3 Meilen) NE of Abidjan-Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport (ABJ) (Elfenbeinküste) show on map
Flugphase: Annäherung (APR)
Betriebsart:Internationaler Linienflug
Flug von:Abidjan-Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport (ABJ/DIAP), Elfenbeinküste
Flug nach:Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ, Brasilien
Flugnummer: 797
Unfallbericht:
The aircraft crashed into the jungle while returning to the Abidjan following problems with the no. 1 engine.

Informationsquelle:
» Aviation Letter 243

Fotos
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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