TAM Airlines Flight 3054 (JJ3054/TAM3054) was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by TAM Airlines from Porto Alegre to São Paulo, Brazil. On the evening of July 17, 2007, the Airbus A320-233 serving the flight overran runway 35L at São Paulo during moderate rain and crashed into a nearby TAM Express warehouse adjacent to a Shell gas station. The plane exploded on impact, killing all 187 passengers and crew on board, as well as 12 people on the ground. An additional 27 people in the warehouse were injured. This crash surpassed Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 as the deadliest aviation accident in Brazilian territory and in South American history and was the deadliest involving the Airbus A320 series until the bombing of Metrojet Flight 9268 in 2015 which killed 224.
The aircraft involved in the accident, while still operated by its previous operator, Pacific Airlines, and previous registration, VN-A168.
View of Congonhas Airport in 2016.
The TAM Express warehouse before the crash
The wreckage of Flight 3054 the day after the crash.
LATAM Airlines Brasil, formerly TAM Linhas Aéreas, is the Brazilian brand of LATAM Airlines Group operating international and domestic flights from hubs in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Brasília. According to the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC), between January and December 2019, LATAM had 34.7% of the domestic, and 20.9% of the international market share in terms of passenger-kilometers flown, making it the second largest domestic and largest international airline in Brazil.
TAM's former headquarters, located at Congonhas Airport.
A departures board showing a TAM flight at Miami International Airport in August 2010
A former LATAM Brasil Airbus A350-900 approaching Toulouse-Blagnac Airport in 2016
LATAM Brasil Airbus A320neo