Notably, the cargo included 153 paintings by Manabu Mabe, returning from a Tokyo exhibition, valued at US$1.24 million.
On 30 January 1979, after an exhibition in Tokyo, 153 of his paintings were on board of a Varig, cargo Boeing 707-323C registration PP-VLU en route from Tokyo - Narita to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão via Los Angeles.
Manabu Nakanishi | Manabu Yukawa | Manabu Sakai | Manabu Murakami | Manabu Miyazaki | Manabu Mabe | Mabe, Cornwall |