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 airplane overran the runway at São Paulo’s Congonhas Airport, and crashed into a TAM Express warehouse next to a Shell gas station, killing all 187 people on board and 12 people on the ground. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Brazil’s history.

Passengers and crew

Flight 3054 carried 199 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  Total2002100110011001129612129300310011001200240041001100110014004100180081001200210011001100110011001100120021001500530031700171001Total199612199

References

Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 2007
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