Varig Flight 837

Varig Flight 837 was a flight from Fiumicino Airport, Rome, Italy to Galeão International Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, originating in Beirut, Lebanon, and with a stop in Monrovia, Liberia.

On 5 March 1967, due to pilot error, the flight crashed during approach to Runway 04 of Roberts International Airport.

This is the worst aviation accident in Liberia to this day.

[2][3] Investigators determined the probable cause of the crash to be "The failure of the pilot-in-command to arrest in time the fast descent at a low altitude upon which he had erroneously decided, instead of executing a missed approach when he found himself too high over the locator beacon.

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