Boeing 727-200 crash, Jun 8, 1982 (137 killed), Fortaleza
Boeing 727-200 accident on June 8, 1982 near Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil with 137 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the captain...
- Date: June 8, 1982
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-200
- Location: Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
- Fatalities: 137
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the captain continued descent below the cleared altitude, likely disoriented by city lights, despite warnings.
On 8 June 1982 VASP Flight 168, a Boeing 727-212 flying São Paulo to Fortaleza via Rio de Janeiro, crashed into a wooded mountainside while descending into Fortaleza at night, killing all 137 people aboard.