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Brazil Compensation

Defense Minister Nelson Jobim announced Brazilian airlines will have to compensate customers for excessive delays of more than five hours.

During the past 14 months after two fatal plane crashes, the Brazilian government limited flights at certain airports and allowed air-traffic controllers to reduce the number of flights they monitor.

Brazil’s federal government is in charge of managing and operating the country’s ailing aviation industry, which has been struggling since the GOL and TAM crashes.

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    Bird-Hit Avianca Brazil Airlines Flight Safely Lands in Rio de Janeiro

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    The Airbus A318-100 plane was flying from Brasilia, Brazil, when a vulture hit it, damaging the radome.

    The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained safe.

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    Cessna Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

    Plane crashBrazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos, 49, has been confirmed dead after his campaign plane, a Cessna 560XL, plunged into a residential neighbourhood in the port city of Santos, Brazil, on August 13.

    According to the authorities, the 12-seater plane could not land in Guaruja due to bad weather after which, the air traffic control lost contact with it. It then crashed near a gym in a residential area of Santos, sending smoke clouds in the air.

    City Hall press officer Patricia Fagueiro confirmed that all 7 people aboard the plane, including Eduardo Campos, 2 pilots, a press advisor and campaign photographer, died in the crash.

    It is not yet clear if anyone on the ground was injured in the crash.

    President Dilma Rousseff said in a statement, “The whole of Brazil is in mourning.”

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    Tam Progress

    For those individuals following the Tam case:

    “Scores of plaintiffs suing over Brazil’s deadliest airline crash have settled with TAM Airlines and the plane’s lessor, Pegasus Aviation IV Inc., and intend to direct their claims against the companies that manufactured the plane and its components.”
    “To view more of the LAW 360 press release”

    What: TAM Express flight 3054 (Airbus A320) en route from Porto Alegre to Sao Paulo
    Where: Congonhas airport
    When: 1850 (2150 GMT) on Tuesday
    Who: 186 passengers and crew plus assorted on ground
    Why: wet runway conditions; unfit unfinished runway; reverser (and other) issues on plane. These and other reasons are in contention.

    Almost 200 Feared Dead in Air CrashOriginal article 2007/07/18
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    Falling Chopper amended to Hard Landing in Brazil

    What: Golden Fly Taxi Aereo Robinson R-22 Beta II
    Where: km 17 of the highway Ayrton Senna, in Guarulhos City, Brazil
    When: Sept 24, 2012
    Who: 2 aboard
    Why: A Robinson 22 helicopter used by “Golden Fly” for training flights made ??a forced landing on September 24. Although at first the Fire Department reported that the plane fell, the report was corrected to be listed as a hard landing. The Fire Department responded with four vehicles and the Military Police (MP) sent a chopper. The two crew members aboard suffered no injuries.

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    TAM Update

    What: TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A320 Flight JJ3054
    Where: Sao Paulo Brazil Congonhas airport
    When: July 17, 2007
    Who: 199 fatalities
    Why: Sao Paulo Institute of Criminology 16-month investigation places blame on government agencies for failing to ensure runway safety. Government failure to set rainy-day landing rules for the short runway whose new surface had not yet been grooved to drain rainwater.

    NTSB Factual
    NTSB Identification: DCA07RA059
    Scheduled 14 CFR operation of TAM Linhas Aéreas
    Accident occurred Tuesday, July 17, 2007 in Sao Paulo, Brazil
    Aircraft: Airbus Industrie A320-233, registration: PR-MBK
    Injuries: 199 Fatal.
    On July 17, 2007, at 21:54 UTC, an Airbus A320-233, Brazilian registration PTMBK, serial number 789, operated by TAM Linhas Aéreas overran the end of runway 35 at the Sao Paulo Congonhas airport upon landing. The airplane was on a scheduled domestic flight from Porto Alegre, Brazil. The airplane departed the runway to the left side near the departure end and crossed over a road prior to impacting a cargo depot and gas station. The end of the runway is on elevated terrain approximately 80 meters above the surface of the road. The 6 crew members, 162 passengers, and 18 persons on the ground suffered fatal injuries. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and fire.

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    Six Die in Matto Grosso

    What: Mato Grosso Transport Secretariat Twin Engine
    Where: Chapada dos Guimaraes,
    When: Nov 2, 2012
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    Why: Two engineers supervising paving works in Confresa lost control of the plane on approach to the airport.

    What: Single engine Inpaer Excel
    Where: Taquarinhas beach, Camboriu
    When: Nov 3, 2012
    Who: Two adults, 1 child, 2 fatalities
    Why: The flight went down in the ocean near Taquarinhas beach. The pilot and another adult aboard were killed. An eleven year old boy who was aboard survived the crash and has been hospitalized. The flight had taken off from Porto Belo, Santa Catarina. The aircraft sank around 10 a.m.

    Fishermen rescued the eleven year old, tossing him a floatation device. He was hospitalized at City Hospital Ruth Cardoso.

    The remains of pilot Julius Mandelli and his adult passenger were retrieved by rescue crews on jet skis and ski boats.

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