Boeing 707 crash, Mar 21, 1989 (25 killed), São Paulo-Gua...
Boeing 707 accident on March 21, 1989 near São Paulo-Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil with 25 fatalities. Cause: The instructor hurried the approach and...
- Date: March 21, 1989
- Aircraft: Boeing 707
- Location: São Paulo-Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil
- Fatalities: 25
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The instructor hurried the approach and selected full flaps and speedbrakes together, causing a loss of control and stall. CENIPA also cited probable crew fatigue, the interrupted training of the trainee captain and poor airline supervision as contributing factors.
Transbrasil Flight 801, a Boeing 707 cargo flight from Manaus, was on approach to Sao Paulo Guarulhos on 21 March 1989 when the instructor hurried the descent and the aircraft stalled and crashed into a residential area. The left wing struck a building and the aircraft caught fire, killing all three crew and 22 people on the ground.