On 30 January 1979, the Boeing 707-323C registered PP-VLU disappeared en route from Narita International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport. In 1979, at the time of disappearance, he had more than 23,000 hours logged. In 1973, Captain Araújo da Silva was in command of flight RG 820, a Boeing 707 carrying 134 people which crash-landed near Orly Airport, in Paris, with 123 fatalities. The flight crew consisted of Captain Gilberto Araújo da Silva, 55, First Officer Erni Peixoto Mylius, 45, Second Officers Antonio Brasileiro da Silva Neto, 39, Evan Braga Saunders, 37, and Flight Engineers José Severino Gusmão de Araújo, 42, and Nicola Exposito, 40. The jet was powered by four Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B engines. The aircraft involved was a Boeing 707-323C, construction number 19235, line number 519, delivered new to American Airlines and registered N7562A on 31 August 1966, and sold to Varig and delivered (as PP-VLU) on 28 March 1974. Neither the aircraft nor its six crew members have ever been found. On 30 January 1979, the Boeing 707-323C serving the flight disappeared while en route. Varig Flight 967 was an international cargo flight from Narita International Airport in Japan to Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport in Brazil, with a stopover at Los Angeles International Airport in the United States. Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport (GIG/SBGL), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Los Angeles International Airport (LAX/KLAX), Los Angeles, US Narita International Airport (NRT/RJAA), Tokyo, Japan Pacific Ocean, 200 km (110 nmi 120 mi) ENE of Tokyo, Japan A Varig Boeing 707-385C similar to the one involved in the accident
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