- 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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