Fokker 100 Brazil Plane Crash, Sao Paulo - Congonhas Airport, TAM Flight 402 - [Mechanical Failure]
TAM Transportes Aereos Regionais Flight 402 was a scheduled domestic flight from Sao Paulo-Congonhas International Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil to Recife International Airport in Recife via Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro. On 31 October 1996, at 8:27 (UTC-2), the starboard engine of the Fokker 100 operating the route reversed thrust while the aircraft was climbing away from the runway at Congonhas. The aircraft stalled and rolled beyond control to the right, then struck two buildings and crashed into several houses in a heavily populated area only 25 seconds after takeoff. All 95 people on board were killed, as well as another 4 on the ground.
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