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    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...
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    and Flight Engineers José Severino Gusmão de Araújo, 42, and Nicola Exposito, 40. In 1973, Captain Araújo da Silva was the Captain of Varig Flight 820, a...
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  • VARIG (acronym for Viação Aérea Rio-Grandense, Rio Grandean Airways) was the first airline founded in Brazil, in 1927. From 1965 until 1990, it was Brazil's...
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    and incidents involving commercial aircraft Varig Flight 820 is a flight of the Brazilian airline Varig that departed from Galeão International Airport...
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    Varig Flight 254 was a Boeing 737-241, c/n 21006/398, registration PP-VMK, on a scheduled passenger flight from São Paulo, Brazil, to Belém, capital city...
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    Varig Flight 797 was a flight from Abidjan, Ivory Coast to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On 3 January 1987, the Boeing 707-320C crashed while landing, killing...
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    crew, three passengers) were killed. Following the crash landing of Varig Flight 820 – due to a fire possibly caused by a lit cigarette thrown into a lavatory...
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    of the government of Getúlio Vargas. He was killed in the crash of Varig Flight 820 on July 11, 1973, on his 73rd birthday. Müller joined the Brazilian...
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  • Varig Flight 850 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Varig. It was flying from Salgado Filho International Airport, in Porto Alegre...
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    Varig Flight 810 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Rio de Janeiro to Los Angeles with stopovers in Lima, Bogotá, Panama City, and Mexico...
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    active from the early 1950s until his premature death in the crash of Varig Flight 820 in 1973, at the age of 41. Dos Santos is best known today for lending...
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    Varig Flight 837 was a flight from Fiumicino Airport, Rome, Italy to Galeão International Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, originating in Beirut, Lebanon...
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    29 February 1996. Retrieved 27 May 2013. "ASN Accident Description (Varig-820)". Aviation Safety Network. 11 July 1973. Retrieved 27 May 2013. "ASN...
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    In aviation, an in-flight fire is a type of aviation accident where an aircraft catches on fire in-flight. They are considered one of the most dangerous...
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    three-time Finn Gold Cup champion. Bruder died in 1973 in Orly, Paris, on Varig Flight 820 to Paris, when travelling to the Finn Gold Cup. During the 2003 Finn...
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  • Ordaz International Airport; all 27 on board were killed. July 11 – Varig Flight 820, a Boeing 707, experienced an onboard fire and crashed near Paris,...
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    creation, who died five years before its inauguration. He died on the Varig Flight 820, in France. The plane caught on fire, causing it to crash. Maria Lenk...
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  • July 1973 - Varig Flight 820 lands in a field near Orly, France, because of a lavatory fire killing 123. 3 March 1974 - Turkish Airlines Flight 981 was a...
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  • Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts. 1973 – Varig Flight 820 crashes near Paris on approach to Orly Airport, killing 123 of the...
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    have been linked to fires in or near lavatories, such as Varig Flight 820 and Air Canada Flight 797 in 1973 and 1983, respectively. If the toilet's fire...
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    approach lights and a ditch. Two of the four occupants died. July 11:, Varig Flight 820, a 707-345C, on scheduled airline service from Galeão Airport, Rio...
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  • where he was the first director of the sports department. He died on Varig Flight 820, in France. The plane caught on fire, causing it to crash. The Júlio...
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    toll for an incident involving a single aircraft. On 11 July 1973, Varig Flight 820, a Boeing 707, made a forced landing due to fire in a rear lavatory...
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  • Varig Logística S.A., operating as VarigLog, was a cargo airline, based in Jardim Aeroporto, Campo Belo, São Paulo, Brazil. All operations were suspended...
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    gains full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations. July 11 – Varig Flight 820 crashes near Orly, France; 123 people are killed. July 16 – Watergate...
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    Boeing 707 (redirect from 707-820)
    ISBN 978-0-7603-0842-4. "Boeing 707-820: First details of the longer, faster, heavier and more powerful new 279-seat Boeing". Flight International. June 3, 1965...
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  • are no fatalities. July 11 – A fire breaks out in a lavatory aboard Varig Flight 820, a Boeing 707-345C. Smoke fills the cabin, and many passengers already...
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  • are 153 paintings by Manabu Mabe. The captain had been the pilot of Varig Flight 820, which had crashed in France in 1973. McDonnell Douglas completes the...
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  • Varig Flight 797 PP-VJZ Boeing 707-379C Varig Flight 820 PP-VMK Boeing 737-241 Varig Flight 254 PR-GTD Boeing 737-8EH SFP Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907...
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    Flex Linhas Aéreas (category Varig)
    Rio-Grandense, known as Varig. Informally Flex is known as "old Varig". The rebranding was necessary because since July 20, 2006 the brand Varig belonged to a different...
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