Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 30 January 1979
Aircraft Type: Boeing 707-323C
Owner/operator: Varig
Registration Number: PP-VLU
Location: c 200km ENE off Tokyo, Japan –
ÿ Pacific Ocean
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Aircraft missing, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Component Affected: Boeing 707Boeing 707
Category: Accident
A Varig Boeing 707 experienced an abrupt loss of communication during its first leg of a cargo flight from Tokyo to Rio de Janeiro. The aircraft took off from Tokyo at 20:23, with intermediate stops planned in Los Angeles and Lima. Communication with ATC was lost at 20:45, and the flight was last contacted at 21:23. The aircraft’s flight crew member had a prior incident involving a Boeing 707 at Paris.A Varig Boeing 707 experienced an abrupt loss of communication during its first leg of a cargo flight from Tokyo to Rio de Janeiro. The aircraft took off from Tokyo at 20:23, with intermediate stops planned in Los Angeles and Lima. Communication with ATC was lost at 20:45, and the flight was last contacted at 21:23. The aircraft’s flight crew member had a prior incident involving a Boeing 707 at Paris.
Description
Varig flight 967 wen missing on the first leg of a cargo flight from Tokyo, Japan to Rio de Janeiro-Gale?o 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.
Source of Information
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