HOW a SINGLE Error Led to Disaster! TAM Flight 3054

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  @MentourPilot · 2 years ago (edited) · pinned

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  @Milesco · 1 year ago

  This is probably the most ironic of all airplane accidents...the pilot&apos;s fear of overrunning the runway actually <i><b>caused</b></i><b></b> him to overrun the runway.

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• OS

  @osrizzo9219 · 2 years ago

  That sinking feeling when he questions the decisions of the pilots and then follows up immediately with, &quot;we&apos;ll never really know.&quot;

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• LU

  @Luubelaar · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsL-flvKAvU&amp;t=740">12:20</a> - &quot;these grooves still hadn&apos;t been made.&quot; - Me: Not great. <br>&quot;Airport authority made the decision to reopen the airport ... with a plan to install the grooves later&quot; - Me: Also not great.<br>&quot;The decision to reopen... was not made with the input of Brazil&apos;s CAA.&quot; - Me: definitely not good. Why on Earth would they not be involved???!!<br>&quot;...Because the entire renovation project had lacked ANAC approval.&quot; Me: Oh ffs. This is lunacy. <br>&quot;...Because in turn, the airport itself, the busiest airport in Brazil, did not even have an ANAC operating certificate. - Me: OMFG.

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• JM

  @JMPDev · 2 years ago (edited)

  The fact that not only the safety margins were so thin, but there was a goddamn <i>fuel station</i> in the path that a plane could take if it were to have a runway excursion is so painfully tragic and unfortunate.

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  @Brillig2 · 2 years ago

  Petter, I have a suggestion for an episode that should be different from most of your episodes. In 2001 there was a situation in which the only doctor in Antarctica developed an issue with his pancreas. So an effort was made to fly him out and fly in a replacement. The US air force was originally called on to do it, but they declined. The job then was turned over to Canadian Arctic pilots to do the job, which they did successfully. There are lots of interesting details, including such things as the folks in Antarctica building a run strip and lighting it with barrels of fuel. But it was so cold that the gasoline they tried using as an accelerant just crystalized instead of burning. Anyway, I think it would be a very interesting episode.

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  @Nebulorum · 2 years ago (edited)

  I flew the next day to Congonhas and it was raining, pilot diverted to GRU. When the transfer bus left us at CGH, I’m hit by the sight of the blackened tail fin and the smell of aviation fuel. Will never forget the sight and smell…

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  @pinkchckn · 2 years ago

  I remember this accident vividly, my dad was supposed to be on that flight. He was in Porto Alegre working as a consultant for a company, and the rest of the family was in São Paulo waiting for him for a trip into the country. We weren&apos;t sure if he would come on that day or not because he had faced some delays on his job. So not to delay the family trip he and my mom agreed that we would travel by ourselves and he would catch us by bus either way when he arrived in SP.<br>A couple hours later when we were in the highway my dad called to reassure us that he didn&apos;t catch the plane. We didn&apos;t understand much and we couldn&apos;t talk much as well because the phone signal wasn&apos;t that good back then (tbf it still isn&apos;t good nowadays), but when we arrived in the town we went to, all the news were talking about the crash.<br>We drove on the street of the accident a couple hours before it happened, and thanks to my dad&apos;s call, we never had to worry if he was in it or not. But still, I consider it a lot of luck that his work had delayed. I can&apos;t imagine what it was like for people who lost people they care about, just the thought that my dad was supposed to be there sends shivers down my spine. RIP to all who lost their lives that day.

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  @Fujiwaratakumifrfr · 2 years ago

  I like how he takes human psychology into account that makes us empathize more.

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  @Daniel-Zhe · 2 years ago

  I loved how your English is very clear and easy for a non-native English speaker to understand.

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  @szelag · 2 years ago

  &quot;This situation wasn&apos;t envisioned by the designers.&quot;<br><br>As an engineer, in a very different industry, something I say often is that the first 90% of the work is getting things to work the way you&apos;ve planned it out.<br><br>The &quot;second 90%&quot; of the work is thinking through, &quot;What are all the ways this could possibly go wrong?&quot; It&apos;s really hard identifying all of those, &quot;Well it should be impossible to end up in this situation... but what if it happened?&quot; cases. Sometimes real life is the only thing that shows you those situations, and when that happens it&apos;s so critical to make sure it doesn&apos;t happen again.

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  @thealexandrez · 2 years ago (edited)

  I was on that avenue at the time of the accident, 5 mins away. I had just arrived in Brazil on another airport from an international flight and was taking the shuttle to congonhas, and because of this we were stuck in traffic for hours. two of my cousins were flying for TAM at the time, and another cousin worked on the building that was hit. She had left the building minutes before the crash. She lost a lot of friends that day. <br>Thank you for another great episode.

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