- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: November 27, 1962
Time: 0340
Location: Lima, Peru
Operator: Varig
Flight #: 810
Route: Porto Alegre - Lima
AC Type: Boeing B-707-441
Registration: PP-VJB
cn / ln: 17906/129
Aboard: 97   (passengers:80  crew:17)
Fatalities: 97   (passengers:80  crew:17)
Ground: 0
Summary: After initiating an overshoot procedure, at the suggestion of the control tower, because it was too high, the aircraft proceded to start another approach when it crashed into La Cruz Peak. Possible misinterpretation of navigation instruments.
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