TAM A320 Crash
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Sorry, i didnt got this up yest as i wasnt available.
A TAM A320 Skidded off the runway after landing at CGH and crashed into a TAM warehouse after the pilots apparently attempted a go around.
Several issues to take note,
News agencies worldwide are paying attention ot various issues such as
1) The slippery surface at CGH and whether it contributed to the crash. The runway surface had been just resurfaced not long ago but work on water-channeling grooves, to reduce the danger of hydroplaning, had not been completed.
On July 16, a day before the fatal TAM accident, two aircraft were reported to have had skidding issues on the runway, although the aircraft successfully landed. [2] That same day a Pantanal Linhas Aéreas ATR-42, ran off the runway onto the grass in a heavy downpour and similar conditions. The airport had been closed 18 times in the first quarter due to rain and water accumulation beyond minimum safety levels.
2) Current worldwide shortage of pilots, which means more hours needed for pilots log.
It is estimated that all onboard including several on ground have been killed.
Very sad day in the aviation world.
May all who perished rest in peace.
There were 186 people on board: 180 passengers, 18 of whom were TAM employees, and 6 crew members.
Aircraft type : Airbus A320-233
Registry: PR-MBK (789) -
Pictures
crash site from wiki
crash site with approach lighting visible
http://tools.wikimedia.de/~gmaxwell/jorbis/JOrbisPlayer.php?path=Avio+tam+editado.ogg
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congohas pic in portugese unfortunately. -
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1021719/M/
Very interesting picture, click on it.
Congonhas for you.
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Aviation Interactive: Wednesday 18 July 2007
Three days of state mourning have been declared in Brazil after the nation suffered its worst civil air disaster.
Yesterday evening, Tam Linhas Aereas flight 3054, an A320, skidded off the end of a wet runway on landing before careering across a busy road and into a petrol station where it burst into flames. Although not confirmed, it is almost certain that all 170 passengers and six crew onboard were killed. There were also at least 15 fatalities on the ground.
The runway at Sao Paulo airport had previously been criticised for being too short for certain airliners in rainy conditions and had even been closed to them at one point. The landing ban on three types of aircraft was, however, overturned by an appeal's court that termed it too harsh in proportion to potential economic ramifications for the city.
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If I am not wrong, the A320 was not in the list of aircrafts that were banned.Originally posted by sarius:
Anyhow, i wonder if this would be the end of congonhas. -
incredible..look at the RWY, it's as if there is no Clearway,stopway or Splay.
I don't think its even audited to have the 1+67% ++ (additives.)
It was just a disaster waiting to happened and it happened.
Sad...Peace to all e victims n their loved ones.Originally posted by Pitot:If I am not wrong, the A320 was not in the list of aircrafts that were banned.
Anyhow, i wonder if this would be the end of congonhas. -
congonhas is the busiest in Brazil in terms of passenger movements.
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when an acft is landing / taking off, it's one acft, one rwy, busiest airport or not.
n we must never subscribe to the thinking of " if others land w/o problems, how come this guy?"..Originally posted by Pitot:congonhas is the busiest in Brazil in terms of passenger movements. -
Brazil jet thrust reverser 'off'
A thrust reverser on the plane which crashed in Brazil, killing some 200 people, had been deactivated during maintenance checks, the airline says.
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The below is quoted from Flight International:
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/08/02/215897/tam-a320-crew-did-not-retard-right-hand-thrust-lever.html
TAM A320 crew did not retard right-hand thrust lever
Information on the TAM Airbus A320 accident shortly to be made available to operators will show that the crew retarded only the thrust lever for the left-hand engine during touchdown, leaving the other in its forward position.
Industry sources say the information, to be set out in a communique, shows that the crew made a normal approach to Sao Paulo Congonhas Airport on 17 July with auto-thrust selected – the aircraft operating under a ‘managed thrust’ regime – and the thrust levers in the ‘climb’ position.
For reasons yet to be explained, the pilot, in the final moments before touchdown, retarded only the thrust lever for the left-hand engine – first into the ‘idle’ position, then into ‘reverse’. This action disconnected the auto-thrust, as per its design. The failure to move the right-hand engine’s thrust lever to the reverse position runs contrary to the standard operating procedure which calls for both levers to be set to ‘idle’ and then 'reverse' – even with a thruster reverser inoperative.
It is unclear why the right-hand engine thrust lever was left in position. Newly-released cockpit-voice transcripts have notably highlighted the crewÂ’s awareness that only the left-hand engine had an operable thrust-reverser; the right-hand reverser had been deactivated. This, however, should not have made a difference to the thrust retardation procedure.
As the aircraft began to slow after touchdown the thrust being produced by the right-hand engine remained at the level it was at when the auto-thrust had disconnected. With the thrust lever forward the spoilers would not have deployed, and the auto-brake would have similarly been inhibited.
In the cockpit transcript the co-pilot appears to state that the A320Â’s spoilers did not activate on touchdown and, as the situation develops, the pilots are heard to say that they cannot slow the aircraft. Flight-data recorder information indicates that the pilots repeatedly pressed on the brakes in a bid to stop the jet but did not retard the right-hand thrust lever.
Full transcript from cockpit voice recorder -
Bro, I canx your transcript . Reason is to let the crew /pax rest in peace.
I hope u understand.
TAM A320 7/17/07 Sao Paulo Brazil -
How insensitive of me.
Rest In Peace TAM A320 -
No worries bro. ur a good guy!Originally posted by dennoc:How insensitive of me.
Rest In Peace TAM A320