Accidents and incidents

• On 5 March 1967: Varig
  Varig
  VARIG was the first airline founded in Brazil, in 1927. From 1965 until 1990 it was Brazil's leading and almost only international airline...
  
   flight 837
  Varig Airlines Flight 837
  Varig Airlines Flight 837 was a flight from Fiumicino Airport, Rome, Italy to Roberts International Airport, Monrovia, Liberia. On March 05, 1967, due to pilot error, the flight crashed during approach to Runway 04 of Roberts International Airport. Of the 71 passengers and 19 crew on board, 50...
  
  , a Douglas DC-8-33
  Douglas DC-8
  The Douglas DC-8 is a four-engined narrow-body passenger commercial jet airliner, manufactured from 1958 to 1972 by the Douglas Aircraft Company...
  
   registration PP-PEA flying from Rome-Fiumicino to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão via Roberts International Airport, caught fire after a mistaken approach to Monrovia, missing the threshold of the runway by 6,023 ft. Of the 90 passengers and crew aboard, 51 died.
• On 19 April 1975, Douglas C-47A EL-AAB of Air Liberia
  Air Liberia
  Air Liberia was a domestic airline based in Liberia. Formed in 1974 following a name change from Liberian National Airways, the carrier ceased trading in 1990....
  
   was damaged beyond economic repair in a take-off accident. All 25 people on board survived.

External links

• Roberts International Airport at GlobalSecurity.org
  GlobalSecurity.org
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• Monrovia - Roberts Field Airport - TLC Africa