![]() It continued turning until it was headed south, passing west of Las Palmas in order to initiate the outbound procedure from the ILS back course, and then made a 180 degree turn to intercept the ILS back course (327 degrees). It turned slightly right of its 330 degree heading, passing east of Lima Airport, then made a left turn and passed over Lima-Callao Airport. As it was too high for a straight-in approach to runway 33, Approach Control suggested that it make a 360-degree turn over Las Palmas and report again overhead Las Palmas. By 08:30 hours it had reached 12000 feet over Las Palmas. At 08:24 it reported to Approach Control ten minutes from the station, at 15 000 feet, still in descent. ![]() Authorization was granted to continue descending for a straight-in approach to runway 33. After passing Pisco at 08:13, the crew started their descent. ![]() Lima ATC advised of a DC-6, which had departed Lima at 07:35 and was also estimating Pisco at 08:13 when it would be cruising at 13500 feet. At 08:09 the flight reported to Air Traffic Control, Lima, at 36 000 feet, estimating Pisco at 08:13 and Lima-Callao Airport at 08:36 and requested permission to descend. Flight RG810 departed Rio de Janeiro-Galeão Airport at 03:53 hours UTC on a scheduled flight to Los Angeles (LAX) with en route stops at Lima (LIM), Peru, Bogotá (BOG), Colombia, Panama City (PTY), Panama and Mexico City (MEX), Mexico. All 80 passengers and 17 crew members were killed. A Boeing 707-441 passenger jet, operated by Varig, was destroyed when it crashed into the side of La Cruz Peak, near Lima, Peru.
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