Up to 200 people are feared dead in the Brazil’s deadliest air disaster. The country’s second major air disaster in less than a year. The crash happened in driving rain on a runway at Congonhas airport that had been criticized in the past for being too short.
The TAM Airlines flight 3054 jet, after narrowly clearing the airport’s perimeter fence and rush-hour traffic on a surrounding highway, slammed into a gas station and a cargo terminal where people were working.
“What appears to have happened is that he (the pilot) didn’t manage to land and he tried to take off again,” said Capt. Marcos, a fire department spokesman.
Rescue crews said none of the 176 people on board the Airbus A320 were likely to have survived. Brazilian news agency Folha quoted the leader of a rescue crew as saying there could be 200 people dead, including casualties on the ground.
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