TAM Airlines Flight 3054 facts for kids
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A TAM Airlines, Airbus A320 similar to the aircraft involved.
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| Accident summary | |
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| Date | July 17, 2007 |
| Summary | Overshot the runway in bad weather caused by pilot error and hydroplaning |
| Place | Congonhas-São Paulo Airport, São Paulo, Brazil 23°37′11″S 046°39′44″W / 23.61972°S 46.66222°W |
| Passengers | 181 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 199 (all 187 on board; 12 on the ground) |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft type | Airbus A320-233 |
| Airline/user | TAM Airlines |
| Registration | PR-MBK |
| Flew from | Salgado Filho International Airport, Porto Alegre, Brazil |
| Flying to | Congonhas-São Paulo Airport, São Paulo, Brazil |
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 died. This was Brazil's worst airplane disaster.
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.
| Nationality | Passengers | Crew | Ground | Total |
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 Argentina |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Australia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Belgium |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Bolivia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Brazil |
111 | 6 | 12 | 129 |
 Canada |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 Chile |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 China |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 France |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Germany |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
 Greece |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Indonesia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Ireland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Italy |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
 Japan |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Mexico |
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
 Norway |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Netherlands |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Peru |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Portugal |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Romania |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Russia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 South Africa |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Spain |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Sweden |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Switzerland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Taiwan |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
 United Kingdom |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 United States |
17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
 Venezuela |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 181 | 6 | 12 | 199 |
Images for kids
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View of Congonhas Airport from Vila Santa Catarina.
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PR-MBK, the aircraft involved in the accident, while still operated by its previous operator.
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Brigadier Jorge Kersul Filho, leading the investigation into the accident, at a press conference.
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Memorial at the site of the accident.
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An artist's rendering showing the path of the aircraft during its final moments
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The TAM Express warehouse before the crash
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Another angle of the TAM Express warehouse on fire shortly after the crash
See also
In Spanish: Vuelo 3054 de TAM Linhas Aéreas para niños
