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PR-BRC (cn 25262/2088) Aircraft attempted to land on a wet runway 35L, and, noticing that it would not stop, the pilots did a great job getting the plane of the runway to the taxiway, otherwise they would hit the avenue right after the threshold. Notice how close the aircraft got of falling down the little hill. Great job, pilots [Canon S2 IS]
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A visitor from Brazil posted Wed April 9, 2008:
That was the exact point where TAM A-320 PR-MBK escaped the runway more than one year late, in 17/07/2007, overpassed Washington Luis Avenue and collided whith TAM Express building, killing 199 people.

A visitor from Brazil posted Wed December 27, 2006:
"Bra..vo" ... the pilot, the grass, the mud, the luck... wow

A visitor from Brazil posted Sun June 25, 2006:
My uncle was in that flight, he said that was really terrible !

A visitor from Sweden posted Thu April 13, 2006:
Necessary to evacuate with the slides??? I've also problems seeing what good the pilot did beside that he managed to stop the mass afer a huge misstake in the first place. Nice shot anyway!

A visitor from United States posted Tue April 11, 2006:
Nice photo, but why would anyone congratulate the pilot for doing a fine job when it was his fault for causing the incident in the first place. If he had done his job the aircraft could have been stopped in time. There are procedures for landing on contaminated runways and apparently they were not followed.

A visitor from United States posted Thu March 30, 2006:
Our family lived in Sao Paulo in the early 80s. We know Congonhas! What I liked about the photo is that it so clearly shows the context, the surrounding neighborhood!

A visitor from Brazil posted Sun March 26, 2006:
Yeah, yeah, yeah, perfect job from BRA pilot!

:)

A visitor from Brazil posted Sat March 25, 2006:
To avoid bad translations: BRA stands for Brasil Rodo-Aéreo, and it does not means "Brazil Aerial Broom", as someone said before. "Rodo" is short for "rodoviário", which means something like "road related" - before it became an airline, BRA operated terrestrial travels only, then begin to sell charter flights [hence the "aéreo"] and later on regular ones.

A visitor from Brazil posted Sat March 25, 2006:
Wow!
That was close!
Congratulations for the pilots.
And "BRA" means Brasil Rodo Aereo

A visitor from Malaysia posted Sat March 25, 2006:
Geez,that's a close one.Congratulations on the captain's quick action,preventing it from getting worse.

A visitor from - posted Sat March 25, 2006:
Great job by the pilots for saving what could have been a disaster. No points for guessing what color their shorts were after this landing! "Pardon me, I need to use the washroom." Kudos to the photographer for being in the right place at the right (wrong?) time. Good job!

A visitor from United States posted Sat March 25, 2006:
It looks like more that a little hill, There is a cement wall and what looks like a fairly large dropoff. Note the top of the tree level with the ground.

A visitor from United States posted Sat March 25, 2006:
I've landed in Congonhas before just after a rainstorm. The runway was still full of waterspots. Looked like bad drainage, as usual. This pilot did a great job creating some friction thru the mud thus stopping the plane.Lucky people !

A visitor from India posted Sat March 25, 2006:
Why it is a given a name "BRA"

A visitor from Brazil posted Fri March 24, 2006:
This plane had hydraulic problems at Salvador, the last stop of this flight before Sao Paulo.
The airline blamed the runway for the accident, due to alleged bad draining.
Airport administration denied this claim, citing the runway as perfectly safe.
Who's to blame? A complete investigation is under way and will answer that question.
Brazil has one of the best aviation safety records in the world, and thank God the plane did not fall into the avenue.
The avenue by the runway has eight lanes, and is always packed with heavy traffic.

A visitor from Brazil posted Fri March 24, 2006:
Congratulations! Is a big land, the pilots are much efficient, I am surprise.

A visitor from Switzerland posted Fri March 24, 2006:
That´s what I mean luck in life. Imagine the plane had slided down on the road...

A visitor from United States posted Fri March 24, 2006:
Can't get much closer to disaster than that! I wonder if the pilot intentionally veered left into the grass at the end. It apppears that may have added just enough friction to stop in time.

A visitor from Sweden posted Fri March 24, 2006:
The airlinename BRA, is the word for good in Swedish...and this was good.. or...not...!

Nice and sharp picture...

A visitor from Switzerland posted Fri March 24, 2006:
I think the pilots took the airline name too literally... Very good shot.

A visitor from Brazil posted Fri March 24, 2006:
After this accident, authorities and crew members as well are questioning Congonha´s landings on rainy days . Some argue that Gongonha´s runaway is not so safe when it comes to wet landings. Others say the runaway is ok, but thay should install containtion nets to brake planes and hold them still in case of a slide out of the runaway.

A visitor from Canada posted Fri March 24, 2006:
Imagine the pilots deployed the slides and people were jumping from the front door...

A visitor from Brazil posted Fri March 24, 2006:
Great

A visitor from Australia posted Fri March 24, 2006:
Whoa! that was close...maybe airliners should carry brake chutes?

A visitor from Canada posted Fri March 24, 2006:
The pilots did a swell job! But they still got lucky the plane stopped when it did, look at that drop just ahead of it! Nice shot also. Very sharp!

A visitor from Mexico posted Fri March 24, 2006:
They sure got lucky gettin´ out of that one! Those pilots did great. T.B.

A visitor from United States posted Fri March 24, 2006:
Nice Shot! That was a close one!

A visitor from - posted Fri March 24, 2006:
Nice airline name

A visitor from Germany posted Fri March 24, 2006:
Quite scary, omg

A visitor from United States posted Fri March 24, 2006:
Could have definetely been better.

A visitor from Brazil posted Fri March 24, 2006:
We almost had a big accident.
In front of Congonhas there is one avenue with heavy traffic.
The pilots saved a lot of lifes in this plane and out of the plane too!
Congratulations!

A visitor from United States posted Fri March 24, 2006:
That's impressive. Now how come the Southwest pilots couldn't do the same thing in Chicago?

A visitor from Canada posted Fri March 24, 2006:
That would be a little nerve wracking !!!

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