Fiery Crash in Sao Paulo

[Mike80]

Posted for Thump....

Plane crashes at Sao Paulo airport

SAO PAULO, Brazil (CNN) -- A TAM Airline passenger plane carrying as many as 170 people crashed Tuesday while attempting to land at Sao Paulo's Congonhas domestic airport, the airline said.

The scene of the plane crash in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The statement did not say how many people were on board. There was no immediate word on survivors.

The plane apparently struck a building. Video footage from the scene showed visible flames at the crash site and a TAM sign visible on the building.

Flight JJ3054, an Airbus A320, was coming to Sao Paulo from Porto Alegre, the airline said.

Watch scene after plane crashes in Sao Paulo ?

The airline said it could not immediately confirm the extent of the damage or the number of victims. Family members of those on the plane were being given assistance, it said. An airline crew was at the scene working with emergency responders.

A statement from firefighters said about 50 rescue vehicles were at the scene. The fire continues to burn, firefighters said, but rescuing people on the plane is officials' priority.

Fiery Crash

 

[sandgk]

They came down fine apparently then continued without brakes till they hit a gasoline storage facility.

 

[NFBuck]

They came down fine apparently then continued without brakes till they hit a gasoline storage facility.

Fucking gasoline storage facilities.

 

[Taosman]

That'll teach 'em for not sending their extra gas here! F' in communist!

 

[sandgk]

Fucking gasoline storage facilities.

Always getting in the way and shit.

 

[Mike80]

They came down fine apparently then continued without brakes till they hit a gasoline storage facility.

Always an explosive combination....

 

[jimotis4heisman]

for real i saw a fiery crash on 270 yesterday. bout 445ish in between 23 and 315, car was on fire. didnt have time to wipe out the cam phone though. sorry thumper. (yes the car was actually on fire when i drove by, and yes idiots were standing right by it id say about 10 feet away...)

 

[MaxBuck]

for real i saw a fiery crash on 270 yesterday. bout 445ish in between 23 and 315, car was on fire. didnt have time to wipe out the cam phone though. sorry thumper. (yes the car was actually on fire when i drove by, and yes idiots were standing right by it id say about 10 feet away...)

So I guess you held up traffic so you could gather up enough information to post this ...

 

[Muck]

They came down fine apparently then continued without brakes till they hit a gasoline storage facility.

I can't think of a better place to store large amounts of gasoline than at the end of a runway.

 

[StooGrimson]

Stories like this aren't funny...unless there's descriptions of blue haired elderly folks being whacked by exploding oxygen tanks.

 

[Brutus1]

TRM owned the storage tanks as well as the plane. They've already said they're going to rebuild the tanks and locate them in a matchstick factory they own nearby.

 

[Jeffcat]

for real i saw a fiery crash on 270 yesterday. bout 445ish in between 23 and 315, car was on fire. didnt have time to wipe out the cam phone though. sorry thumper. (yes the car was actually on fire when i drove by, and yes idiots were standing right by it id say about 10 feet away...)

i take 315 south to 71 and then get on 270...i'm amazed there are not multiple fatalities everyday the way people drive along that route.