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| At Least 200 Dead In Plane Crash In Brazil; Sao Paulo Airport | |
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| JeffLynnesBeard | Jul 18 2007, 07:48 AM Post #1 |
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http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas...il.plane.crash/ SAO PAULO, Brazil (CNN) -- A jetliner crashed and exploded into flames at Brazil's busiest airport on Tuesday night, killing at least 200 people, local rescue workers said. As investigators prepared to open a probe into the cause of the crash of the TAM Airlines Airbus A320, questions were being raised about both the growth in Brazilian air traffic and Sao Paulo's Congonhas Airport. The Sao Paulo fire department said at least 200 people, including some on the ground, were dead at the scene. The figure would make Tuesday's crash Brazil's deadliest air disaster. Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva declared three days of national morning for the victims, according to reports from The Associated Press. Witnesses said the plane skidded across a major road at rush hour. Reports that the plane struck a gas station could not be confirmed, but a massive fire broke out. The crash happened in a driving rain, and the plane apparently struck a building bearing the airline's logo at the small domestic airport in the heart of the city. At least 50 rescue vehicles were at the scene, firefighters said. The fire continued to burn into the night. Paulo Barros told the Brazilian newspaper O Globo that he was getting ready to board a flight to Brasilia on another runway when the plane crashed. "We saw the plane go straight down the runway. It didn't manage to stop and went into the avenue. It went by so fast that we thought it was taking off," Barros said. Flight JJ3054 was coming to Sao Paulo from Porto Alegre in southern Brazil, the airline said. TAM Airlines said there were 176 people on board -- 170 passengers and six crew members. Watch scene after plane crashes in Sao Paulo » Sao Paulo's airport is notorious for having short, slippery runways, CNN's Miles O'Brien reported. The runway was recently resurfaced, but the cutting of grooves to channel rainwater off the pavement had not been completed, he said. CNN's Richard Quest said the Sao Paulo airport is designed to best handle short commuter flights for Brazil's large domestic air market. A Brazilian court in February banned large jets at the busy airport because of safety concerns, The Associated Press reported. But an appeals court overruled the ban, saying it would hurt business and that the safety problems did not warrant halting air traffic, according to AP. The airline said it could not immediately confirm the extent of the damage or the number of victims. Family members of those on the plane were being given assistance, it said. "I was surprised by a ball of fire in front of my window," Deisy Oliveira, who lives by the airport, told O Globo. "The atmosphere is tense and nervous, because nobody really knows what happened. Since the plane hit the building and a gas station, you can't tell exactly where the explosion happened." The airport's main runway was closed for several weeks at one point while it was repaired because of a problem with water collecting on the runway, Tom Hennigan, a reporter from The Times of London in Sao Paulo, told CNN. It was too early, however, to say whether that may have contributed to Tuesday's incident, he said. The airport is small and in a densely populated area, he said. "When you fly into Congonhas airport, it is like you are literally flying past people's living rooms in apartment blocks," Hennigan said. "Then you land on the runway. It is completely surrounded by the central part of Sao Paulo city. This is not an airport out on the edge of the city. This is right in the city." According to AP, Brazil's deadliest crash before Tuesday occurred last September when a Gol Aerolinhas Inteligentes SA Boeing 737 collided with an executive jet over the Amazon rainforest, killing 154 people. The executive jet landed safely. ---- What a terrible tragedy. My thoughts are with the families and friends of those who have died. |
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| Deleted User | Jul 18 2007, 12:40 PM Post #2 |
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Hi Andy. Another accident involving TAM. I am so shocked. I was in Porto Alegre visiting some relatives, I bought the airplane ticket for that flight, JJ3054 last Friday, and I changed my mind yesterday in the morning and I decided to visit my sister who lives in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina it´s another city in the South, they changed my airplane ticket. I didnt know about this tragedy, only this morning. I decided to catch a bus to return to São Paulo because I didnt have enough money for another airplane ticket. I called my mother she thought I was in the airplane because I didnt tell her I changed my mind. I didnt answer my cellphone because I had headache all night in the bus, she thought something happened. I feel lucky, me and a friend would be dead now, it is a strange feeling, I am speechless.
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| MaccasGirl | Jul 18 2007, 01:26 PM Post #3 |
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Wow, be thankful you decided not to take that flight, Love Sculpture. Your poor mother must be SO relieved now! I can bet you must be in shock, too. I'm very sorry for the people that lost their lives in the crash and the families they leave behind.
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| JeffLynnesBeard | Jul 18 2007, 02:16 PM Post #4 |
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Michelle! Of course, I feel terrible for the people on that flight, but so, so relieved that you changed your plans! The first thing I thought of when I saw that crash was you, as our only Brazillian board member, but seeing as how many people are in Sao Paulo alone, I soon put it out of my mind as highly unlikely... but that was so very lucky for you and your friend. Glad to have you here with us.
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| Bill | Jul 18 2007, 02:30 PM Post #5 |
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Michelle, the first thing I thought of when I heard was that you said you would be travelling. I searched for what you had told me and was so relieved when I saw you said it was next month. I never realised that you had already postponed your plans. So glad you did!
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| kink | Jul 18 2007, 02:43 PM Post #6 |
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on again, off again
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I'm so glad you are ok. Huge tragedy, though. |
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| bluemeanie | Jul 18 2007, 09:48 PM Post #7 |
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Michelle - Im so shocked at this tradegy in your country when I heard it on the news and now reading that you should of been on that flight too - someone was looking down on you as I'm typing this now - its on out national news
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| Dorfliedot | Jul 18 2007, 10:16 PM Post #8 |
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Thank god. I am so relieve you were not on that plane. but, I feel bed for the families o the others...
What a tragedy.
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| JanaW | Jul 19 2007, 06:37 AM Post #9 |
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Everyone should always listen to their inner being...more often than not that little voice can keep you from harm. I'm so happy you listened. Your poor mother must have been beside herself with hysteria. |
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| mozart8mytoe | Jul 19 2007, 08:46 AM Post #10 |
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This is a pretty long week for bad sh*t happening. |
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| Deleted User | Jul 19 2007, 02:34 PM Post #11 |
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Yes I am happy I changed my mind. But I am really sad now. My friend said his father was working in the building and nobody knows where he is. A friend of my friend who is from Porto Alegre lost his wife and his 1 year old baby. His friend came to São Paulo before her to solve some problems. I saw on the newspaper that a woman, her husband and the 2 kids died, a family, how sad... But life goes on... God Bless all the victims, here are their names Adelaide Moura Alanis Andrade Alejandro Camozzi Alexandre Goes Ana Carolina Cunha Anderson Cassel Andre Dona Andrea Seiczkowski Angela Haensel Antonio Carlos Araujo de Souza Arnaldo Batista Ramos Arthur Queiroz Atilio Sassa Bilibio Bruna de Villi Chaccur Bruno Ferraz Bruno Nascimento Caio Felipe Cunha Carla Fioratti Carlos Alberto Andriotti Carlos Rockemback Carmen Luisa Victoria Fonseca Catilene Oliveira Christine Souza Ciro Numada Claudemir Arriero Decio Tevola Demetrio Travessa Denilson Lopes Costa Deolinda Magaly Victor Fonseca Douglas Teixeira Edmundo Smith Eduardo Mancia Elcita Ramos Elenilze Ferraz Eliane Dornelles Elida Dembinski Emerson Freitag Enrico Shiohara Esio Freitas Fabiana Amaral Fabiane Ruzante Fabiano Rosito Matos Fabio Balsells Fabio Marques Fabio Velloza Fatima Santiago Felipe Fratezi Fernando Antonio Laro Oliveira Fernando Marques Fernando Pessoa Gabriel Correia Pedrosa Gilmar Tenorio Rocha Gottfried Tagloehner Guilherme Moraes Guilherme Pereira Gustavo Martins Heloiza Helena Lopes Heurico Tomita Ines Maria Kleinowski Ivalino Bonato Ivanaldo Cunha Jamille Leao Janus Silva Jaqueline Dias Joao Brito Joao Caltabiano Joao Valmir Jose a Flores Amaral José Lima Luz José Pinto Julia Camargo Julia Elizabete Gomes Julio Cesar Redecker Katia Escobar Katiane Lima Jose Carlos Pierucetti Larissa Ferraz Leila Maria Oliveira dos Santos Levi Leão Lina Barbosa Cassol Lisiane Schubert Lucas Palomino Mattedi Luciana Siqueira Lana Angelis Luis Schneider Luiz Baruffaldi Luiz Luz Marcelo Marthe Marcelo Palmieri Marcelo Pedreira Marcelo Stelzer Marcio Alexandre de Moraes Marco Antonio da Silva Maria Elizabete Caballero Maria Isabel Gomes Mariana Pereira Mariana Sell Mario Gomes Marli Pedro Santos Marta Almeida Melissa Andrade Mery Vieira Mirtes Suda Nadia Moyses Nadja Soczeck Nelly Priebe Paulo Cassiano Feliza Oliveira Paulo Pavi Paulo Rogerio Amoretty Souza Paulo Silveira, Pedro Abreu Pedro Augusto Caltabiano Jose Carlos de Oliveira Priscila Bertoldi Silva Raquel Warmiling Rebeca Haddad Remy Moller Renan Klug Ribeiro Renato Ribeiro Renato Soares Richard Salles Canfield Roberto Gavioli Rodrigo Benachio Rodrigo Prado Rodrigo Souza Moreale Rogerio Laurentis Rogerio Sato Rosangela Maria de Avil Severo Rospierre Vilhena Sandro Schubert Sergio Freitas Silvan Stumpf Silvania Regina de Avila Alves Silvano Almeida Silvia Grunewald Sonia Machado Soraya Charara Sueli Fleck Suely Fonseca Thais Scott Valdemarina Souza Valdir Cordeiro de Moraes Vanda Ueda, Vilma Klug Vitacir Paludo Zenilda Santos Caio Augusto Bueno Dal Prata Rafaela Bueno Dal Prata Ricardo Almeida, Marcio Andrade Cassio Vieira Servulo da Cunha Akio Iwasaki Andrei Melo Clove Mendonça Junior Janus Silva Roberto Wilson Weiss Junior Simone Wetrupp Nelson Wiebbelling Rubem Wiethaeuper Paula Masseran de Arruda Xavier Luiz Zacchini Carlos Zanotto R.I.P |
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| Deleted User | Jul 19 2007, 02:34 PM Post #12 |
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Yes what you said is so true. |
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| Sandra | Jul 19 2007, 09:37 PM Post #13 |
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I always do Jana - that little voice hasn't steered me wrong yet. Michelle I'm so glad you are ok I thought about you immediately when I heard of this terrible tragedy. It is heart wrenching to read the names of all the people who died. |
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| Kopite | Jul 19 2007, 10:48 PM Post #14 |
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I was shocked when I heard about this accident. I thought of you, Michelle. I'm glad you´re ok. |
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