TAM Airlines Flight 3054
2007 plane crash in São Paulo, Brazil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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TAM Airlines Flight 3054 (JJ3054/TAM3054) was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by TAM Airlines from Porto Alegre to São Paulo, Brazil. On the evening of July 17, 2007, the Airbus A320-233 serving the flight overran runway 35L at São Paulo during moderate rain and crashed into a nearby TAM Express warehouse adjacent to a Shell gas station.[6][7] The plane exploded on impact, killing all 187 passengers and crew on board, as well as 12 people on the ground. An additional 27 people in the warehouse were injured.[2][8][9] This crash surpassed Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 as the deadliest aviation accident in Brazilian territory and in South American history and was the deadliest involving the Airbus A320 series until the bombing of Metrojet Flight 9268 in 2015 which killed 224.
Accident | |
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Date | July 17, 2007 (2007-07-17) |
Summary | Crashed following runway excursion on landing |
Site | São Paulo–Congonhas Airport, São Paulo, Brazil 23°37′11″S 046°39′44″W |
Total fatalities | 199 |
Total injuries | 27 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Airbus A320-233 |
Operator | TAM Airlines |
IATA flight No. | JJ3054 |
ICAO flight No. | TAM3054 |
Call sign | TAM 3054 |
Registration | PR-MBK[1] |
Flight origin | Salgado Filho International Airport, Porto Alegre, Brazil |
Destination | São Paulo–Congonhas Airport, São Paulo, Brazil |
Occupants | 187 |
Passengers | 181[2][3] |
Crew | 6[4] |
Fatalities | 187[5] |
Survivors | 0 |
Ground casualties | |
Ground fatalities | 12 |
Ground injuries | 27 |
The accident was investigated by the Brazilian Air Force's Aeronautical Accidents Investigation and Prevention Center (Portuguese: Centro de Investigação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronáuticos; CENIPA), and a final report was issued in September 2009. CENIPA concluded that the accident was caused by errors committed by the pilots during the landing at São Paulo.