Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 01 DEC 2009 |
| Type: | Boeing 727-222F |
| Operator: | TAF Linhas Aéreas |
| Registration: | PR-MTK |
| C/n / msn: | 20037/701 |
| First flight: | 1969 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | 2012 |
| Location: | São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport, SP (GRU) (Brazil) |
| Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Brasília International Airport, DF (BSB/SBBR), Brazil |
| São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport, SP (GRU/SBGR), Brazil |
A Boeing 727-222F cargo plane, registered PR-MTK, sustained substantial damage in a taxiing accident at São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport, SP (GRU). The crew members reported that the brakes failed as they were approaching stand F00. The airplane collided with airport equipment, rupturing the right hand forward side of the airplane.
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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 Brasília International Airport, DF to São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport, SP as the crow flies is 852 km (532 miles).
Distance from Brasília International Airport, DF to São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport, SP as the crow flies is 852 km (532 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.
