 PP-SNH, an aircraft similar to the one involved | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | June 8, 1982 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error |
| Site | Aratanha Mountains near Pacatuba, CE, Brazil |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 727-212 |
| Operator | VASP |
| IATA flight No. | VP 168 |
| ICAO flight No. | VSP 168 |
| Call sign | VASP 168 |
| Registration | PP-SRK |
| Flight origin | Congonhas Airport São Paulo, Brazil |
| Stopover | Galeão International Airport Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Destination | Pinto Martins International Airport Fortaleza, Brazil |
| Occupants | 137 |
| Passengers | 128 |
| Crew | 9 |
| Fatalities | 137 |
| Survivors | 0 |
VASP Flight 168, a Boeing 727-212 registered PP-SRK, was a scheduled passenger flight from São Paulo to Fortaleza, Brazil which, on June 8, 1982, crashed into a mountainside, while descending into Fortaleza, killing all 137 people on board.[1]
The crash of Flight 168 remains both the largest death toll of a Brazilian aircraft accident from the 20th century and the third-highest death toll of any aviation accident in Brazil after Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 and TAM Airlines Flight 3054.[2]
- ^ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "Brazil air safety profile". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2019-05-10.