Avia Crashes

17 July 2007 / TAM Linhas Aereas / Sao Paulo, Brazil / Airbus A320-233

2007-08-23T06:58:00.000-07:00

Date: 17 July 2007
Airline: TAM Linhas Aereas
Flight No.: 3054
Aircraft: Airbus A320-233
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Fatalities: 186:186

Airplane [PR-upon] to regular passenger flights from Porto Alegre in Sao Paulo Congonhas Airport distance, crashed while landing on runway 35L (1939m/6362ft) in the rainy weather conditions. According to media reports, Airbus captured wet runway, crossed a highway and the impact on the occupied hangar TAM Express courier. Planes and hangars were set on fire and was completely destroyed. Early reports indicate that the number of bystanders on the ground could also died in the accident.

17 July 2007 / AeroRepublica / Santa Marta, Colombia / Embraer 190

2007-08-23T06:53:00.000-07:00

Date: 17 July 2007
Airline: AeroRepublica
Flight No.: 7330
Aircraft: Embraer 190
Location: Santa Marta, Colombia
Fatalities: 0:54

The airplane [HK-4455] landed in Papa Noel Marta after a flight of Cali when it was slid of the channel, was broken through near the perimeter, and slipped within the sea whereas it landed in heavy rain. Seises of the 54 on board was damaged, no seriously.

20 Aug 2007 / China Airlines / Okinawa, Japan / Boeing 737-809

2007-08-23T06:26:00.000-07:00

Date: 20 August 2007
Airline: China Airlines
Flight No.: 120
Aircraft: Boeing 737-809
Location: Naha, Okinawa, Japan
Fatalities: 0:165

Airplane [B-18616] landed at Naha airport on the flight from Taipei to 10:27 local time. Immediately after arrival at the position, fire broke out in the No. 1 engine, and the passengers were evacuated using emergency slides. A few minutes later, a large explosion occurred in the center of the aircraft, and the liner had been destroyed.