Varig Flight 820
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varig-flight-820-165-11245748
title:
Varig Flight 820
text:
Varig Flight 820 was a flight of the Brazilian airline Varig that departed from Galeão International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 11 July 1973, for Orly Airport, in Paris, France. The plane, a Boeing 707, registration PP-VJZ, made an emergency landing in onion fields about five kilometres from Orly Airport, due to smoke in the cabin from a fire in a lavatory. The fire caused 123 deaths; there were only 11 survivors.
Relief Captain Antonio Fuzimoto was the pilot who handled the controls
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wiki
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description:
1973 plane crash in France
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varig_Flight_820
date created:
2006-05-13T07:21:15Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T21:48:05Z
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fields total:
13
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16