Global InformationVarig Flight 850 information
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| Occurrence | |
|---|---|
| Date | August 16, 1957 |
| Summary | Loss of 3 engines |
| Site | Atlantic Ocean, next to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 19°45′41.7″N 70°24′16.3″W / 19.761583°N 70.404528°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation |
| Operator |  Varig |
| Registration | PP-VDA |
| Flight origin | Salgado Filho International Airport, Porto Alegre, Brazil |
| Stopover | Congonhas Airport Galeão International Airport Belém International Airport Ciudad Trujillo-General Andrews International Airport Miami International Airport |
| Destination | John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York,  United States |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 11 |
| Fatalities | 1 |
| Survivors | 10 |
The Varig Flight 850 was an international commercial route operated by the Brazilian airline Varig that departed from Salgado Filho International Airport, in Porto Alegre, to JFK International Airport, in New York, United States, with stopovers scheduled for São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belém, Ciudad Trujilo (now Santo Domingo) and Miami.
On August 14, 1957, the flight departed from Porto Alegre to complete the planned route. In the late morning of August 16, 1957, 50 minutes after take-off from Ciudad Trujillo-General Andrews International Airport in the Dominican Republic, with only 11 crew members, the pilots were forced to make an emergency landing in the Atlantic Ocean, after losing the aircraft's engines number 3 and 4, which had already taken off without engine number 2. With the landing at sea, the tail detached from the plane, causing the disappearance of a flight attendant.[1]
- ^ Aviation Safety Network (2016). "Varig Airlines Crash". Retrieved July 23, 2021.