Airbus Fails to Stop on Notoriously Short Runway in São Paulo

Black Box Down

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, Aviation, Leisure

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🗓️ 5 January 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Gustavo Sorola and Chris Demarais sort through the details of what happened to Tam Airlines Flight 3054’s crash landing at Sao Paulo’s Congonhas airport under heavy rains on an infamous runway with a history of incidents due to the degree of difficulty involved in landing on it. How did the crew lose control, exit the runway, and collide with a gas station and a building immediately causing a fire killing all 187 people on board and 12 people on the ground? Find out what happened on this episode of Black Box Down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Rooster Zeath production.
0:08.0	July 17, 2007.
0:10.0	Tam Airlines Flight 3054, an Airbus A320 with 187 people on board, is landing at Sao Palos
0:16.8	Congonias Airport after a short flight from Porto a la Grebra, Brazil.
0:21.0	The weather is poor with heavy rains drenching the area, and the crew is told they will be
0:25.3	landing on runway 35 left, an infamous runway with a history of incidents due to
0:29.9	the degree of difficulty involved at landing on it.
0:32.5	To make matters worse, only one thrust reverser is working on the plane.
0:36.1	So the pilot knows he must touch down as quickly as possible and engage the one working
0:39.9	thrust reverser and the brakes in order to slow the plane down in time.
0:43.8	The plane touches down, however on the rollout, the crew loses control and the plane exits
0:47.9	the runway to the left and collides with a gas station and a building and immediately
0:52.0	is engulfed in flames.
0:53.6	All 187 people on board and 12 people on the ground are killed in the crash and subsequent
0:58.0	fire.
0:59.0	The brawling investigation yields a 13,600 page report and criminal charges against three
1:04.3	people.
1:05.3	What happened to cause this crash is it's safe for a plane to land with only one working
1:08.6	thrust reverser.
1:09.6	Find out on this episode of Black Boxdown.
1:12.4	Hello everyone, welcome to Black Boxdown.
1:16.9	It's Gus Ancriss.
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