Take to the Sky Episode 140: Varig Flight 254

For passengers on the final leg of Varig Flight 254, they
couldn't land in Belém, Brazil soon enough; their trip began
moments after kickoff for an important football match, and
everyone was anxious to know whether Brazil would win and advance
to the 1990 World Cup. In this week's episode of Take to the Sky:
The Air Disaster Podcast, Stephanie tells the story of why Flight
254 took hours longer than expected, how the plane went
unthinkably and unbelievably off course, and how every life
onboard was at risk even before the plane taxied to the runway.


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