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Brazil’s Call for Change: A320 Crash
One day after a TAM Airlines Airbus A320 crashed in Brazil, killing at least 189 people, the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations chimed in on Wednesday, “Runways around the world have inadequate overrun areas.” The airbus was trying to land on a wet runway at Sao Paulo Cagonhas Airport, and when they... »
BRAZIL’S WORST-EVER AIR DISASTER
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact Photographer Alan Olivieri 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... »
Brazilian Crash Prompts Probe on Airport Work
Projects intended To Improve Runway BUENOS AIRES, July 18 — Brazil is planning to investigate if recent construction projects intended to improve runways at Congonhas contributed to the TAM crash, which killed at least 189. Officials emphasized that it is too soon to determine a specific cause but the world’s worst air crash in... »
