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. Cause: Navigation error caused by a wrong...
- Date: September 3, 1989
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
- Location: São José do Xingu, Mato Grosso, Brazil
- Fatalities: 12
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Navigation error caused by a wrong heading entered in the flight plan, followed by loss of radio contact and fuel exhaustion, with poor planning by the crew.
VARIG Flight 254, a Boeing 737 241 registered PP-VMK flying from Sao Paulo Guarulhos to Belem, ran out of fuel after a wrong heading was entered in the flight plan and navigation was lost. The crew made an emergency landing in the Amazon jungle near Sao Jose do Xingu on 3 September 1989. Twelve people were killed and 34 were injured.