| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | January 30, 1979 |
| Time: | ? |
| Location: | 125 miles ENE of Tokyo, Japan |
| Operator: | Varig |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Tokyo-Los Angeles-Rio de Janeiro |
| AC Type: | Boeing B-707-326C |
| Registration: | PP-VLU |
| cn / ln: | 19235/519 |
| Aboard: | 6 (passengers:0 crew:6) |
| Fatalities: | 6 (passengers:0 crew:6) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Contact with the cargo plane was lost 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo Narita Airport.The cargo included 153 paintings by Manabu Mabe, returning from a Tokyo exhibition, valued at US$1.24 million. Neither the wreck nor the paintings were ever found. The cause of the accident was blamed on cabin depressurization, which killed the crew. |
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