Global InformationTAM Airlines Flight 9755 information
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 The Fokker 100 involved in the accident while in service with Iran Air as EP-CFH in 2006 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 15 September 2001 |
| Summary | Uncontained engine failure |
| Site | Near Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Fokker 100 |
| Operator | TAM Linhas Aéreas |
| Registration | PT-MRN |
| Flight origin | Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil |
| Destination | São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport, São Paulo, São Paulo (state), Brazil |
| Occupants | 88 |
| Passengers | 82 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 1 |
| Injuries | 3 |
| Survivors | 87 |
On Saturday 15 September 2001, TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 9755, a Fokker 100 scheduled domestic passenger flight carrying 88 passengers and six crew, departed Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport for São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport. During the flight, the plane suffered an uncontained engine failure. Fragments of the engine shattered three cabin windows, causing decompression and blowing the passenger in seat 19E partly out of the plane. The passenger blown out of the window did not survive.[1][2]
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Fokker 100 PT-MRN Belo Horizonte, MG". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ Marra, Lívia (16 September 2001). "Avião da TAM acidentado em Minas havia sido revisado no mês passado" [TAM plane crashed in Minas had been overhauled last month]. Folha de S. Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 27 December 2019.