A TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A330-200 was en route from Madrid to Sao Paulo when the flight sustained an episode of turbulence.
A dozen passengers were injured, and the members of the flight crew. They were hospitalized when the pilots diverted to Fortaleza. One person had a fractured spine.
A replacement flight was provided for passengers from Fortaleza to Sao Paulo Guarulhos. There were 168 passengers and 16 crew.
LATAM Airlines Brasil flight JJ-3392 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Sao Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport, Brazil, on April 29th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane heading from Sao Paulo–Congonhas Airport to Brasilia, Brazil, was diverted due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Azul Brazilian Airlines flight AD-6970 had to return and make an emergency landing at Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport, Brazil, on May 31st.
The Airbus A330-200, flying to Sao Paulo Viracopos, Brazil, had to return due to a strong smell of smoke on board.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
A small plane crashed into homes in a suburban area of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on March 19.
The aircraft took off from Campo de Marte Airport and ploughed into the homes shortly after.
All seven people aboard the plane were killed in the crash.
The cause of the crash has not been reported yet.
What: easyJet London to Edinburgh
Where: priority landing in Edinburgh
When: Thursday
Who: unwary passenger
Why: unnamed passenger was rushed to hospital but was found to have no serious injuries
George’s Point of View
So here you are on the plane, minding your own business, and some guy opens an overhead locker and a champagne bottle rolls out and pops you on the head and knocks you out cold. That would hurt. The guy should have yelled “Fore!” or something.
Can you say “Lawsuit”?
What: Mato Grosso Transport Secretariat Twin Engine
Where: Chapada dos Guimaraes,
When: Nov 2, 2012
Who: 4 fatalities
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.
