TAM Flight 9755

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TAM Flight 9755

The Fokker 100 involved in the accident while in service with Iran Air as EP-CFH in 2006
Accident
Date	15 September 2001 (2001-09-15)
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	0
Survivors	87

On Saturday 15 September 2001, TAM 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. Another passenger held the passenger in until the aircraft landed, but 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. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service.

See also[]

• British Airways Flight 5390
• Southwest Airlines Flight 1380
• Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8

References[]

External links[]

• Final Report - CENIPA (in Brazilian Portuguese)
• Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network