Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5682 was a domestic Brazilian cargo flight from Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport to São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport that suffered an in-flight fire on November 9, 2024. The aircraft made an emergency landing at its destination, where the two crew members onboard evacuated with no significant injuries, while the plane was destroyed by the fire.[1][2][3]
 PS-TLB, the aircraft involved, seen here on August 27, 2024 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | November 9, 2024 |
| Summary | In-flight fire, under investigation |
| Site | São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport, São Paulo, Brazil 23°26′7″S 46°28′30″W / 23.43528°S 46.47500°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-4Q8 (SF) |
| Operator | Total Linhas Aéreas |
| IATA flight No. | 0T5682 |
| ICAO flight No. | TTL5682 |
| Call sign | TOTAL 5682 |
| Registration | PS-TLB |
| Flight origin | Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil |
| Destination | São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport, Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Occupants | 2 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 2 |
Aircraft
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The aircraft involved, manufactured in 1994, was a Boeing 737-4Q8 (SF), cargo variant of the Boeing 737-400. It was registered as PS-TLB with serial number 26299.[4] The aircraft was initially delivered to Turkish Airlines on April 19, 1994. In April 2000, the aircraft was delivered to Asiana Airlines. In May 2024, it was transferred to Total Linhas Aéreas. It was equipped with two CFM International CFM56-3 engines.[1][5][6]
Accident
editThe aircraft took off from Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport at around 23:34 local time, and the flight was uneventful. While on approach, the cargo hold fire alarm was triggered. The crew of the aircraft declared an emergency and decided to continue to its destination.[1] At around 00:37 radio contact with the aircraft was lost, though the transponder continued to work as normal.[2] At 00:42 local time the plane landed on runway 28L at São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport, by then the ATC tower could already see smoke and flames emitting from the aircraft.[7][8] The two crew members onboard turned off the engines, then evacuated from the cockpit windows. In an attempt to avoid the fire spreading, the door that connected the cockpit with the cabin was not used. The plane burned on the runway, and after the fire was extinguished large holes could be seen on the top and on the sides of the fuselage. According to Correios, 20% of the cargo being transported was destroyed by the fire, while the remaining cargo was removed by the firefighters.[9][10] The airport's firefighting vehicles and five external vehicles intervened to put out the flames by 07:30 local and the wreckage of the charred aircraft was removed from the runway around 09:10 local time.[11][12] The runway then re-opened at around 12:30 local time.[13]
Aftermath
editLater that day, Total Linhas Aereas released a statement about the accident in which they confirmed the reports, and thanked the emergency response teams that helped with the accident, the company also stated that they will publish new information as soon as they can.[14] The CENIPA is investigating on the accident.[13] On November 18, 2024, the Brazilian Aeronautical Accidents Investigation and Prevention Center (CENIPA) released an initial report on the accident which confirmed what was known so far.[5]
See also
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edit- ^ a b c "Accident Boeing 737-4Q8 (SF) PS-TLB, Saturday 9 November 2024". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
- ^ a b Hradecky, Simon (November 9, 2024). "Accident: Total B734 at Sao Paulo on Nov 9th 2024, aircraft on fire in flight". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
- ^ Salcedo, Dirk Andrei (November 10, 2024). "Brazilian cargo aircraft catches fire mid-flight, crew escapes through cockpit windows". Aviation Updates Philippines. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
- ^ "Total B734 at Sao Paulo on Nov 9th 2024, aircraft on fire in flight". www.aeroinside.com. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
- ^ a b "Portal CENIPA - Informações da ocorrência aeronáutica". dedalo.sti.fab.mil.br. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
- ^ "Boeing 737-400F destroyed after inflight fire and emergency landing in Brazil - AeroTime". www.aerotime.aero. November 11, 2024. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
- ^ Basseto, Murilo (November 9, 2024). "Com fogo no avião, veja como os pilotos fugiram do cockpit do Boeing 737 da Total na pista do Aeroporto de Guarulhos" [With the plane on fire, see how the pilots fled the cockpit of the Total Boeing 737 on the runway at Guarulhos Airport]. AEROIN (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved November 13, 2024.
- ^ Aviacionline, Redacción (November 9, 2024). "Fire Erupts on TOTAL Boeing 737-400SF Following Emergency Landing in São Paulo: What We Know". Aviacionline - Últimas noticias de aviación en Latinoamérica y el Caribe, España y el mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved November 19, 2024.
- ^ "IMAGENS: veja como ficou avião cargueiro que pegou fogo em aeroporto de SP" [IMAGES: see what happened to the cargo plane that caught fire at the airport in SP]. G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). November 10, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
- ^ "Stuff". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
- ^ "Avião pega fogo e faz pouso de emergência no aeroporto de Guarulhos" [Plane catches fire and makes emergency landing at Guarulhos airport]. CartaCapital (in Brazilian Portuguese). November 9, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
- ^ "Boeing de carga pegou fogo no aeroporto de Guarulhos" [Boeing cargo plane catches fire at Guarulhos airport]. Portal Mie (in Brazilian Portuguese). November 11, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
- ^ a b "B737-400SF da Total Cargo ardeu no Aeroporto de Guarulhos/São Paulo – Pilotos ilesos" [Total Cargo's B737-400F caught fire at Guarulhos Airport/São Paulo – Pilots unharmed]. NewsAvia (in Brazilian Portuguese). November 9, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
- ^ Basseto, Murilo (November 9, 2024). "Veja o que a Total Linhas Aéreas fala sobre o incêndio em voo com seu Boeing 737, na madrugada de hoje" [See what Total Linhas Aéreas says about the fire on its Boeing 737 in flight, early this morning]. AEROIN (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved November 13, 2024.