PP-VLU

Varig PP-VLU
Accident summary
Date	30 January 1979
Type	Unknown
Crew	6
Fatalities	6 (all)
Survivors	0
Aircraft type	Boeing 707-323C
Operator	Varig
Tail number	PP-VLU
Flight origin	Tokyo - Narita
Last stopover	Los Angeles
Destination	Rio de Janeiro-Galeão

PP-VLU was a Varig cargo Boeing 707-323C which took off on 30 January 1979 from Tokyo - Narita to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão via Los Angeles. After an exhibition in Tokyo, 153 of Manabu Mabe's paintings were on board the aircraft. The aircraft went missing over the Pacific Ocean some 30 minutes (200 km ENE) from Tokyo. Causes are unknown since the wreck was never found. The paintings were lost.^[1]

References

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^ Varig Accident Description on Aviation Safety Database Retrieved on October 16, 2009.

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Jan 30 Varig PP-VLU
Feb 12 Air Rhodesia Flight 827
Feb 18 CG-1432 crash
Mar 29 Quebecair Flight 255
Apr 04 TWA Flight 841
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Jun 17 Air New England Flight 248
Jun 20 American Airlines Flight 293 hijacking
Jul 11 Garuda Fokker F28 crash
Jul 31 Dan-Air Flight 0034
Aug 11 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision

Incidents resulting in at least 50 deaths shown in italics
Deadliest incident shown in bold smallcaps