It was assembled at Boeing's factory in Renton, Washington, and first flew on 24 September 1974, before being delivered to VASP in October.

[citation needed] The flight from São Paulo to Brasília initially went without any special incidents.

[1][3][4] It was determined that the captain had previously activated the system to spray the cockpit window with a rain deflector liquid.

[1] It was also revealed that the captain had visited a doctor shortly before the flight and complained of ongoing health problems.

The aviation authority explained that the meteorological conditions at the time accident would have been above the required minimum.