Boeing 737-200 crash, Sep 3, 1989 (12 killed), São José d...
Boeing 737-200 accident on September 3, 1989 near São José do Xingu, Mato Grosso, Brazil with 12 fatalities.
- Date: September 3, 1989
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
- Location: São José do Xingu, Mato Grosso, Brazil
- Fatalities: 12
Varig Boeing 737-241 (PP-VMK) on a scheduled domestic flight from São Paulo to Belém, after departure from Marabá, ran out of fuel after a navigation error and crash-landed in the Amazon jungle on 3 September 1989. Of 54 aboard, 12 died and 42 survived.