A VASP Boeing 727-2A1, similar to the one involved in the accident.
Accident
Date
June 8, 1982
Summary
Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error
Site
Aratanha Mountains near Pacatuba, CE, Brazil
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 727-212
Operator
VASP
IATA flight No.
VP 168
ICAO flight No.
VSP 168
Call sign
VASP 168
Registration
PP-SRK
Flight origin
Congonhas Airport São Paulo, Brazil
Stopover
Galeão International Airport Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Destination
Pinto Martins International Airport Fortaleza, Brazil
Occupants
137
Passengers
128
Crew
9
Fatalities
137
Survivors
0
VASP Flight 168, a Boeing 727-212, serial number 21347, registered PP-SRK, was a scheduled passenger flight from São Paulo to Fortaleza, Brazil which, on June 8, 1982, crashed into terrain while descending into Fortaleza, killing all 137 people on board.[1]
The crash of Flight 168 remains both the largest death toll of a Brazilian aircraft accident from the 20th century and the third-highest death toll of any aviation accident in Brazil after Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 and TAM Airlines Flight 3054.[2]
^Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
^Ranter, Harro. "Aviation Safety Network > ASN Aviation Safety Database > Geographical regions > Brazil air safety profile". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2019-05-10.
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