The flight crew consisted of Captain Gilberto Araújo da Silva , 49 , First Officer Erni Peixoto Mylius , 45 , Second Officers Antonio Brasileiro da Silva Neto , 39 , Evan Braga Saunders , 37 , and Flight Engineers José Severino Gusmão de Araújo , 42 , and Nicola Exposito , 40 . In 1973 , Captain Araújo da Silva was in charge of flight RG 820 , a Boeing 707 carrying 134 people which crash-landed near Orly Airport , in Paris , with 123 fatalities . In 1979 , at the time of disappearance , he had more than 23,000 hours logged
RG 820
Varig Flight 820
Varig Flight 967