How ONE Cigarette Killed an Entire Plane Without Crashing? - Varig Flight 820

Jun 21, 2025 #planecrash #aviation #disaster
On July 10, 1973, at Rio de Janeiro's Galeão International Airport, passengers calmly boarded Varig Flight 820, bound for Paris with a stop in Lima. The plane didn’t explode. The fuselage stayed intact. From the outside, it looked normal. But inside? 123 people sat still in their seats. Not injured. Not burned. Just dead.

This is the story of how a single cigarette led to one of aviation’s most haunting disasters.

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