Varig Flight 820

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Varig Flight 820

The aircraft involved, while still in service with Seaboard World Airlines with registration N7322S.
Accident
Date	11 July 1973
Summary	Belly landing following in-flight fire of unknown source
Site	Near Orly Airport, Orly, Paris, France 48°40′56.8″N 2°16′22.1″E / 48.682444°N 2.272806°E / 48.682444; 2.272806
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 707-320C
Operator	Varig
IATA flight No.	RG820
ICAO flight No.	VRG820
Call sign	VARIG 820
Registration	PP-VJZ
Flight origin	Galeão International Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Stopover	Orly Airport, Paris, France
Destination	Heathrow Airport, London, United Kingdom
Occupants	134
Passengers	117
Crew	17
Fatalities	123
Injuries	11
Survivors	11

Varig Flight 820 was a flight of the Brazilian airline Varig that departed from Galeão International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 11 July 1973, for Orly Airport, in Paris, France. The plane, a Boeing 707, registration PP-VJZ, made an emergency landing in onion fields about five kilometres (3.1 mi; 2.7 nmi) from Orly Airport, due to smoke in the cabin from a fire in a lavatory. The fire caused 123 deaths; there were only 11 survivors (ten crew members and one passenger). Relief Captain Antonio Fuzimoto was the pilot who handled the controls and landed the plane in the field.^{[citation needed]}