- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | March 05, 1967 |
Time: | 0256 |
Location: | Monrovia, Liberia |
Operator: | Varig |
Flight #: | 837 |
Route: | Beirut - Rome - Monrovia - Recife - Rio de Janeiro |
AC Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-33 |
Registration: | PP-PEA |
cn / ln: | 45253/5 |
Aboard: | 90 (passengers:71 crew:19) |
Fatalities: | 51 (passengers:50 crew:1) |
Ground: | 5 |
Summary: | Crashed on short of the runway during approach. Crew error. The failure of the pilot to arrest the fast descent at a low altitude upon which he had erroneously decided after coming in too high. |
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