TAM Flight 9755
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Accident | |
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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.
Aftermath
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."
Aircraft
The aircraft was a Fokker 100 with the registration number PT-MRN, which was delivered in May of 1994. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service. After being transferred to other airlines, it ended up with Iran Air and was registered as EP-CFH. The aircraft has since been stored.
See also
- Aviation accidents and incidents in Brazil
- 2001 in Brazil
- Aviation accidents and incidents in 2001
- Accidents and incidents involving the Fokker 100
- TAM Airlines accidents and incidents
- Airliner accidents and incidents caused by engine failure
- Airliner accidents and incidents involving in-flight depressurization
- Airliner accidents and incidents involving uncontained engine failure
- September 2001 events in South America