Varig Airlines Flight 837
A Varig Douglas DC-8-33, similar to the accident aircraft
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| Date | 5 March 1967 |
| Summary | Pilot error |
| Site | Monrovia, Liberia Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Passengers | 71 |
| Crew | 19 |
| Fatalities | 56 (5 ground fatalities) |
| Survivors | 39 |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-8-33 |
| Operator | Varig |
| Registration | PP-PEA |
| Flight origin | Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (IATA code: FCO, ICAO code: LIRF), Rome, Italy |
| Stopover | Roberts International Airport (IATA code: ROB, ICAO code: GLRB), Monrovia, Liberia |
| Destination | Galeão International Airport (IATA code: GIG, ICAO code: SBGL), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Varig Airlines Flight 837 was a flight from Fiumicino Airport, Rome, Italy to Roberts International Airport, Monrovia, Liberia. On 5 March 1967, due to pilot error, the flight crashed during approach to Runway 04 of Roberts International Airport.[1] Of the 71 passengers and 19 crew on board, 50 passengers and the flight engineer perished. In addition, 5 people on the ground were also killed. The aircraft caught fire and was written off. This is the worst aviation accident in Liberia to this day.[2][3]
Investigators determined the probable cause of the crash to be "The failure of the pilot-in-command to arrest in time the fast descent at a low altitude upon which he had erroneously decided, instead of executing a missed approach when he found himself too high over the locator beacon."[4]
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