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The flight crew consisted of
Captain Gilberto AraĆŗjo da Silva, 55, First Officer Erni Peixoto Mylius, 45, Second Officers Antonio Brasileiro da Silva Neto, 39, Evan Braga Saunders, 37, and Flight Engineers JosĆ© Severino GusmĆ£o de AraĆŗjo, 42, and Nicola Exposito, 40.
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The flight took off at 20:23 from Narita
International Airport. The last radio contact with the flight was at 20:45. The flight crew were expected to radio at 21:23, but they did not do so. Radio contact was lost about 200 km (120 mi) ENE of Tokyo.
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On 30 January 1979, PP-VLU disappeared en route from Narita
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returning from an exhibition in Tokyo, valued at US$ 1.24 million. The wreckage, paintings, and bodies of the crew were never found.
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