Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 15 SEP 2001 |
| Time: | 20:42 |
| Type: | Fokker 100 |
| Operator: | TAM Linhas Aéreas |
| Registration: | PT-MRN |
| C/n / msn: | 11443 |
| First flight: | 1993-02-24 (8 years 7 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls Royce 620-15 Tay |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 82 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 88 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | near Belo Horizonte, MG (Brazil)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Recife-Guararapes International Airport, PE (REC/SBRF), Brazil |
| São Paulo/Campinas-Viracopos International Airport, SP (VCP/SBKP), Brazil | |
| Flightnumber: | 9755 |
Following an uncontained engine failure en route to Sao Paulo, fragments shattered 3 cabin windows of the plane. A passenger from seat 19E was sucked out partly and was being held by another passenger until the aircraft landed. The passenger did not survive though.
Events:
Sources:
» Departamento de Aviação Civil (DAC)
» Folha Online
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Recife-Guararapes International Airport, PE to São Paulo/Campinas-Viracopos International Airport, SP as the crow flies is 2097 km (1311 miles).
Distance from Recife-Guararapes International Airport, PE to São Paulo/Campinas-Viracopos International Airport, SP as the crow flies is 2097 km (1311 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
