Showing posts with label Brazil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brazil. Show all posts
2008/08/22
2008/07/16
Let Us Not Forget The Day
BRAZIL'S WORST-EVER AIR DISASTER
Is it just one year ago?
199 Dead in Sao Paulo Crash
199 people were killed in Brazil's worst plane crash, a product of a country with an inadequate air travel network that has been plagued by havoc.
Witness Paulo Carol imagined he was at the set of a Hollywood disaster film when right in front of his taxi, an airplane crossed six lanes of the Avenida Washington Luis. He and his passengers fled on foot.
The Airbus A-320 operated by the Brazilian airline TAM skidded off the runway after touching down-- and collided with cars and through a gas station before slamming into a TAM maintenance building. 180 deaths were passengers on the Airbus jet. More deaths included Tam employees in the building.
Luiz Santos who barely escaped the explosion, said "The airplane was coming right at me. I could hear the sound of the engines and then it exploded." His windows and the back end of his truck were shattered, but Santos and his passenger escaped.
Flight JJ 3054 left Porto Alegre at 5:16 p.m. and landed at Congonhas two hours later. The plane apparently touched down too far down the runway.
Accidents have made flying in South America dangerous to contemplate. Flight controllers are overworked, underpaid and untrained, and rely on aging and defective radar technology in the Amazon.
In September, a Gol airlines Boeing 737 collided with a private jet over the Amazon, killing 154. That investigation is ongoing.
The country's air travel infrastructure has been unable to keep up with Brazil's fast economic growth.
2008/05/03
Plane disappears with four Britons on board
Four Britons working in the tourist trade were missing in Brazil last night after their small plane disappeared just minutes before it was due to land in the north-west of the country.
The Foreign Office confirmed that Alan Kempson, Sean Woodall, Ricky Every and Nigel Hodges were on board a twin-engined Cessna 310 operated by Aero Star, a charter firm based in Bahia province, north of Rio de Janeiro. They are believed to have been visiting hotels and apartments in the area.
Aero Star business manager Ellen Duarte said the weather had been good and the pilots had not reported any problems.
Four aircraft carried out a coastal search for the plane, which disappeared 15 miles from its destination, Ilhéus. The Foreign Office said staff from the British consulate had been sent to Ilhéus to provide assistance.
The Foreign Office confirmed that Alan Kempson, Sean Woodall, Ricky Every and Nigel Hodges were on board a twin-engined Cessna 310 operated by Aero Star, a charter firm based in Bahia province, north of Rio de Janeiro. They are believed to have been visiting hotels and apartments in the area.
Aero Star business manager Ellen Duarte said the weather had been good and the pilots had not reported any problems.
Four aircraft carried out a coastal search for the plane, which disappeared 15 miles from its destination, Ilhéus. The Foreign Office said staff from the British consulate had been sent to Ilhéus to provide assistance.
2007/07/18
BRAZIL'S WORST-EVER AIR DISASTER
BRAZIL'S WORST-EVER AIR DISASTER
200 Feared Dead in Sao Paulo Crash
At least 195 people were killed in Brazil's worst plane crash, a product of a country with an inadequate air travel network that has been plagued by havoc.
Witness Paulo Carol imagined he was at the set of a Hollywood disaster film when right in front of his taxi, an airplane crossed six lanes of the Avenida Washington Luis. He and his passengers fled on foot.
Airbus A-320 operated by the Brazilian airline TAM, skidded off the runway after touching down and collided with cars and through a gas station before slamming into a TAM maintenance building. 180 deaths were passengers on the Airbus jet. Fifteen more deaths included Tam employees in the building.
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Luiz Santos who barely escaped the explosion, said "The airplane was coming right at me. I could hear the sound of the engines and then it exploded." His windows and the back end of his truck were shattered, but Santos and his passenger escaped.
Flight JJ 3054 left Porto Alegre at 5:16 p.m. and landed at Congonhas two hours later. The plane apparently touched down too far down the runway.
Accidents have made flying in South America dangerous to contemplate. Flight controllers are overworked, underpaid and untrained, and rely on aging and defective radar technology in the Amazon.
In September, a Gol airlines Boeing 737 collided with a private jet over the Amazon, killing 154. That investigation is ongoing.
The country's air travel infrastructure has been unable to keep up with Brazil's fast economic growth.
200 Feared Dead in Sao Paulo Crash
At least 195 people were killed in Brazil's worst plane crash, a product of a country with an inadequate air travel network that has been plagued by havoc.
Witness Paulo Carol imagined he was at the set of a Hollywood disaster film when right in front of his taxi, an airplane crossed six lanes of the Avenida Washington Luis. He and his passengers fled on foot.
Airbus A-320 operated by the Brazilian airline TAM, skidded off the runway after touching down and collided with cars and through a gas station before slamming into a TAM maintenance building. 180 deaths were passengers on the Airbus jet. Fifteen more deaths included Tam employees in the building.
tos)
Luiz Santos who barely escaped the explosion, said "The airplane was coming right at me. I could hear the sound of the engines and then it exploded." His windows and the back end of his truck were shattered, but Santos and his passenger escaped.
Flight JJ 3054 left Porto Alegre at 5:16 p.m. and landed at Congonhas two hours later. The plane apparently touched down too far down the runway.
Accidents have made flying in South America dangerous to contemplate. Flight controllers are overworked, underpaid and untrained, and rely on aging and defective radar technology in the Amazon.
In September, a Gol airlines Boeing 737 collided with a private jet over the Amazon, killing 154. That investigation is ongoing.
The country's air travel infrastructure has been unable to keep up with Brazil's fast economic growth.
Almost 200 Feared Dead in Air Crash
Brazilian officials now fear at least 195 people are dead from Tuesday night's jetliner crash in Sao Paulo. The TAM airlines Airbus-320 was on a domestic flight to Sao Paulo from the southern city of Porto Alegre when it skidded off the end of the rain-slicked runway, crashed into a gas station and a building and burst into flames.
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