So these are plane crashes from around the world, but it's only for the countries that had a true crime case, if you don't see a plane crash in here, check my True crime from around the world book.
Warning, this book contains plane crashes and the a...
This plane crash takes us to the West African nation of Liberia, which is located next to the following countries: Ivory Coast, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
WARNINGS OF A PLANE CRASH
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
Pictured above is a similar type of aircraft involved in this accident.
Varig Flight 837 was a flight from Fiumicino Airport (IATA: FCO, ICAO: LIRF), Rome, Italy to Galeão International Airport (IATA: GIG, ICAO: SBGL), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, originating in Beirut, Lebanon, and with a stop in Monrovia, Liberia. On the 5th of March 1967, due to pilot error, the flight crashed during approach to Runway 04 of Roberts International Airport (IATA: ROB, ICAO: GLRB). Of the 71 passengers and 19 crew on board, 50 passengers and the flight engineer perished. In addition, 5 people on the ground were also killed. The aircraft caught fire and was written off. This is the worst aviation accident in Liberia to this day.
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."
The summary of the crash was Controlled flight into terrain caused by pilot error.
