TAM Airlines Flight 3054
The TAM Express warehouse on fire shortly after the aircraft crashed into it | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | July 17, 2007 |
| Summary | Crashed following runway overrun due to pilot error |
| Site | São Paulo–Congonhas Airport, São Paulo, Brazil 23°37′11″S 046°39′44″W / 23.61972°S 46.66222°W |
| Total fatalities | 199 |
| Total injuries | 27 |
| Aircraft | |
| PR-MBK, the aircraft involved in the accident, photographed at Fortaleza–Pinto Martins International Airport in February 2007 | |
| Aircraft type | Airbus A320-233 |
| Operator | TAM Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | JJ3054 |
| ICAO flight No. | TAM3054 |
| Call sign | TAM 3054 |
| Registration | PR-MBK |
| Flight origin | Salgado Filho International Airport, Porto Alegre, Brazil |
| Destination | São Paulo–Congonhas Airport, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Occupants | 187 |
| Passengers | 181 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 187 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground fatalities | 12 |
| Ground injuries | 27 |
TAM Airlines Flight 3054 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by TAM Airlines from Porto Alegre to São Paulo, Brazil. On the evening of July 17, 2007, the Airbus A320-233 serving the flight from Porto Alegre overran runway 35L at São Paulo after touching down during moderate rain and crashed into a nearby TAM Express warehouse adjacent to a Shell gas station. The aircraft exploded on impact, killing all 187 passengers and crew on board, as well as 12 people on the ground. An additional 27 people in the warehouse were injured. The accident surpassed Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 as the deadliest aviation accident in Brazilian territory and in South American history and was the deadliest involving the Airbus A320 series until the bombing of Metrojet Flight 9268 in 2015, which killed 224 people. This was the last major fatal plane accident in Brazil until 2024, when Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283 crashed near São Paulo which killed 62 people.
The accident was investigated by the Brazilian Air Force's Aeronautical Accidents Investigation and Prevention Center (Portuguese: Centro de Investigação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronáuticos; CENIPA), and a final report was issued in September 2009. CENIPA concluded that the accident was caused by pilot error during the landing at São Paulo.