| Date: | Wednesday 9 July 1997 |
| Time: | 08:48 |
| Type: |  Fokker 100 |
| Owner/operator: | TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais |
| Registration: | PT-WHK |
| MSN: | 11452 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Tay 650-15 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 60 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | near Suzano, SP -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | São José dos Campos Airport, SP (SJK/SBSJ) |
| São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The aircraft was climbing through 2400 m after taking off from Sao José dos Campos when a bomb exploded in the passenger cabin at row 18, underneath seat 18D. The passenger seated in seat 18E was ejected out of the aircraft through a 2 mx2 m hole in the fuselage. A safe emergency landing at São Paulo was carried out.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep
Istoé online
Location
Images:
photo (c) QAPS, Frank Ellemers Collection; Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM); October 2000
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