| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | July 17, 2007 |
| Time: | 18:52 |
| Location: | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Operator: | TAM (Brazil) |
| Flight #: | 3054 |
| Route: | Porto Alegre - Sao Paulo |
| AC Type: | Airbus A-320-233 |
| Registration: | PR-MBK |
| cn / ln: | 789 |
| Aboard: | 187 (passengers:181 crew:6) |
| Fatalities: | 187 (passengers:181 crew:6) |
| Ground: | 12 |
| Summary: | The jet airliner crashed while attempting to land in heavy rain at Congonhas airport. The plane skidded off the end of the runway across a major roadway and struck a gas station and building, bursting into flames. One hundred seventy passengers and a crew of six were aboard. The pilots mistakenly retarded only the left engine to idle, because the right one had no thrust reverser working when in fact it was necessary to retard both engines in order for the spoilers to work. A contributing factor was the heavy rain and wind. |
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