On 3 September 1989 , a Varig Boeing 737-241 registration PP-VMK operating flight 254 flying from São Paulo-Guarulhos to Belém-Val de Cães with intermediate stops , crashed near São José do Xingu while on the last leg of the flight between Marabá and Belém due to a pilot navigational error , which led to fuel exhaustion and a subsequent belly landing into the jungle , 40 km from São José do Xingu . Out of 54 occupants , there were 13 fatalities , all of them passengers . The survivors were discovered only after 4 of the occupants walked for 3 hours through the forest to find help
flight 254
Varig Flight 254
São José do Xingu