TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 9755
The Fokker 100 involved in the accident while in service with Iran Air as EP-CFH in 2006
Accident
Date15 September 2001 (2001-09-15)
SummaryUncontained engine failure
SiteNear Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Aircraft
Aircraft typeFokker 100
OperatorTAM Linhas Aéreas
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
Injuries3
Survivors87

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]

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."[2]

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.[3]

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. 1 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 Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "EP-CFH IRAN AIR FOKKER F100".

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