TAM Airlines Flight 3054

TAM Airlines Flight 3054

A TAM Airlines, Airbus A320 similar to the aircraft involved.
Accident
Date	July 17, 2007 (2007-07-17)
Summary	Overshot the runway in bad weather caused by pilot error and hydroplaning
Site	Congonhas-São Paulo Airport, São Paulo, Brazil 23°37′11″S 046°39′44″W
Aircraft type	Airbus A320-233
Operator	TAM Airlines
Registration	PR-MBK
Flight origin	Salgado Filho International Airport, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Destination	Congonhas-São Paulo Airport, São Paulo, Brazil
Passengers	181
Crew	6
Fatalities	199 (all 187 on board; 12 on the ground)
Survivors	0

TAM Airlines Flight 3054 was a flight from Porto Alegre to São Paulo, Brazil by an Airbus A320 airplane. On July 17, 2007 the plane missed the runway at São Paulo and crashed into a TAM Express building and a Shell gas station. This was because of pilot error and because it was raining. All 187 people on board the plane and 12 people on the ground died. This was Brazil's worst airplane disaster.

Passengers and crew

Flight 3054 carried 181 passengers and six crew members on the plane. Captain Henrique Stefanini Di Sacco, age 53, was flying the plane. He had nearly 13,700 flight hours over his career as a pilot. The co-pilot was First Officer Kleyber Lima, age 54. He had almost 14,800 hours of flying experience. Most of the passengers on the plane were Brazilians, but 17 came from the United States, and eight from Mexico, five came from Taiwan, four each came from Germany and Italy, three each from the United Kingdom and Canada, two each from France, Sweden, Argentina, the Netherlands, one each from Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, China, Greece, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and Venezuela.

Nationality	Passengers	Crew	Ground	Total
Argentina	2	0	0	2
Australia	1	0	0	1
Belgium	1	0	0	1
Bolivia	1	0	0	1
Brazil	111	6	12	129
Canada	3	0	0	3
Chile	1	0	0	1
China	1	0	0	1
France	2	0	0	2
Germany	4	0	0	4
Greece	1	0	0	1
Indonesia	1	0	0	1
Ireland	1	0	0	1
Italy	4	0	0	4
Japan	1	0	0	1
Mexico	8	0	0	8
Norway	1	0	0	1
Netherlands	2	0	0	2
Peru	1	0	0	1
Portugal	1	0	0	1
Romania	1	0	0	1
Russia	1	0	0	1
South Africa	1	0	0	1
Spain	1	0	0	1
Sweden	2	0	0	2
Switzerland	1	0	0	1
Taiwan	5	0	0	5
United Kingdom	3	0	0	3
United States	17	0	0	17
Venezuela	1	0	0	1
Total	181	6	12	199