Date & Time:
Jul 17, 2007 at 1854 LT
Type of aircraft:
Airbus A320
Operator:
Registration:
PR-MBK
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Porto Alegre - Sao Paulo
MSN:
0789
YOM:
1998
Flight number:
JJ3054
Country:
Brazil
Region:
South America
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
181
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
199
Aircraft flight hours:
20000
Aircraft flight cycles:
9300
Circumstances:
While landing in heavy rain, the aircraft skidded and overran runway 35L. It went down an enbankment, crossed a highway and crashed in a building which accomodate the TAM Express office. All 187 occupants were killed and also at least 12 people on the ground. It seems that around 10 others people were seriously injured. At the time of the accident, the runway was wet and the visibility was established as 7 km. Among the people on board the airplane were 163 passengers, 6 crew members and 18 employees of TAM Linhas Aéreas.
