TAM Airlines Flight 3054 Crash at Congonhas Airport (PR-MBK)

Flight Details and Departure On 17 July 2007, at 17:19 local time (20:19 UTC), an Airbus A320 with registration PR-MBK, operating as TAM Airlines Flight JJ3054, departed from Porto Alegre (SBPA) bound for Congonhas Airport (SBSP) in São Paulo. The aircraft carried 187 people: six active crew members, 181 passengers (including 2 infants), and 5 extra crew members not on duty. The flight operated with the number 2 engine reverser deactivated in accordance with the Minimum Equipment List (MEL). Adverse weather along the route and at the destination required several deviations, but the flight proceeded within expected routine until landing. Crews that had landed earlier reported that the active runway at Congonhas (35L) was wet and slippery.