Summary of HOW did this plane VANISH over the AMAZON?? Varig 254

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The Varig flight 254 carrying 54 people vanished over the Amazon rainforest in Brazil on September 3rd 1989. The plane was in perfect working order and the pilots had been talking to air traffic control, but the flight never reached its destination. To this day, the incident is shrouded in mystery.

• 00:00:00 The Boeing 737 carrying 54 passengers and crew vanished over the Amazon River in Brazilian airspace on the night of September 3rd 1989. The aircraft was in perfect working order and the pilots had been talking to air traffic control, but the flight never reached its destination. To this day, the incident is shrouded in mystery.
• 00:05:00 The crew of a Varig airliner lost their way in the Amazon rainforest and were unable to contact air traffic control. They eventually landed the aircraft and were able to find the airport after tuning in to a commercial radio station. However, the crew was not able to contact the air traffic controller at Belen. The first officer eventually tuned in to a radio station broadcasting a football match and was able to get a reliable signal.
• 00:10:00 The pilots of a Varig flight lost their way in the Brazilian jungle and were flying towards a false radio station in the middle of the jungle, until they realized their mistake and were able to land safely.
• 00:15:00 The pilots of a Varig airliner flying from Brazil to Peru were lost in the Amazon rainforest after misunderstanding their flight plan and mistakenly flying west instead of north. Their only hope of getting back to civilization was to try and track radio beacons.
• 00:20:00 The crew of a Varig airliner flying from Brazil to Venezuela lost electrical power and were forced to make a crash landing in the Amazon rainforest. The pilots tried to keep the aircraft as slow as possible, but the speed and impact forces of the crash caused most of the passengers and crew to be killed.
• 00:25:00 The flight from Brazil to the United States was going well until the pilots realized they were lost and turned back around. It is still a mystery why they didn't realize they were lost sooner. The passengers were all rescued, but 12 people died.