TAM Flight 9755

On Saturday 15 September 2001, a Fokker 100 scheduled domestic passenger flight operating TAM route 9755, 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. Another passenger held the passenger in until the aircraft landed, but the passenger blown out of the window did not survive.[1][2]

TAM Flight 9755
A TAM Fokker 100 similar to the aircraft involved in the accident, at Recife
Accident
Date15 September 2001 (2001-09-15)
SummaryUncontained engine failure
SiteNear Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Aircraft
Aircraft typeFokker 100
OperatorLATAM Brasil
RegistrationPT-MRN
Flight originRecife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
DestinationSão Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport, São Paulo, São Paulo (state), Brazil
Occupants88
Passengers82
Crew6
Fatalities1
Injuries0
Survivors87

Aftermath

The company, TAM, said in an official response that it will provide "all assistance to the victim's family, as well as to other passengers, including medical and psychological care."[2]

Aircraft

The aircraft was a Fokker 100 with the registration number PT-MRN. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service.

See also

References

  1. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Fokker 100 PT-MRN Belo Horizonte, MG". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. 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 Portuguese). Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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