Boeing 727-100 crash, Mar 18, 2002, Belo Horizonte-Tancre...
Boeing 727-100 accident on March 18, 2002 near Belo Horizonte-Tancredo Neves-Confins, Minas Gerais, Brazil with no fatalities. Cause: Not determined...
- Date: March 18, 2002
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-100
- Location: Belo Horizonte-Tancredo Neves-Confins, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined from the sources checked; the aircraft went out of control after touchdown.
A Varig Logistica Boeing 727 cargo flight from Salvador landed on runway 16 at Belo Horizonte-Confins at night. After touchdown the aircraft went out of control, veered off the runway at speed, lost its landing gear and came to rest. All three crew escaped and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.