TAM Airlines Flight 3054

TAM Airlines Flight 3054 was a flight from Porto Alegre to São Paulo, Brazil by an Airbus A320 airplane. On July 17, 2007 the plane missed the runway at São Paulo and crashed into a TAM Express building and a Shell gas station. This was because of pilot error and because it was raining. All 187 people on board the plane and 12 people on the ground are killed. This was Brazil's worst airplane disaster.

TAM Airlines Flight 3054
A TAM Airlines, Airbus A320 similar to the aircraft involved.
Accident
DateJuly 17, 2007 (2007-07-17)
SummaryOvershot the runway in bad weather caused by pilot error and hydroplaning
SiteCongonhas-São Paulo Airport, São Paulo, Brazil
23°37′11″S 046°39′44″W
Aircraft typeAirbus A320-233
OperatorTAM Airlines
RegistrationPR-MBK[1]
Flight originSalgado Filho International Airport, Porto Alegre, Brazil
DestinationCongonhas-São Paulo Airport, São Paulo, Brazil
Passengers181
Crew6
Fatalities199 (all 187 on board; 12 on the ground)
Survivors0

Passengers and crew

Flight 3054 carried 181 passengers and six crew members on the plane. Captain Henrique Stefanini Di Sacco, age 53, was flying the plane. He had nearly 13,700 flight hours over his career as a pilot. The co-pilot was First Officer Kleyber Lima, age 54. He had almost 14,800 hours of flying experience. Most of the passengers on the plane were Brazilians, but 17 came from the United States, and eight from Mexico, five came from Taiwan, four each came from Germany and Italy, three each from the United Kingdom and Canada, two each from France, Sweden, Argentina, the Netherlands, one each from Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, China, Greece, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and Venezuela.

NationalityPassengersCrewGroundTotal
 Argentina2002
 Australia1001
 Belgium1001
 Bolivia1001
 Brazil111612129
 Canada3003
 Chile1001
 China1001
 France2002
 Germany4004
 Greece1001
 Indonesia1001
 Ireland1001
 Italy4004
 Japan1001
 Mexico8008
 Norway1001
 Netherlands2002
 Peru1001
 Portugal1001
 Romania1001
 Russia1001
 South Africa1001
 Spain1001
 Sweden2002
  Switzerland1001
 Taiwan5005
 United Kingdom3003
 United States170017
 Venezuela1001
Total181612199

References

  1. Ionides, Nicholas (July 18, 2007). "BREAKING NEWS: TAM A320 crashes in São Paulo". Flight International. Retrieved February 23, 2014.




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