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• Approximately 80 percent of all plane crashes occur shortly before or after takeoff or landing due to human error or mechanical failures.
• According to an aviation accident survey of nearly 2,200 plane crashes from 1950 to 2004, the number one cause of aviation accidents is pilot error, which results in 45 percent of accidents. Undetermined causes: 33 percent. Mechanical failure: 13 percent.
• In 2005, there were a total of 1,764 aviation accidents in the United States that resulted in 600 fatalities. Low-level maneuvering of an aircraft was the leading cause of fatal aviation accidents from 1998 to 2004.
• In 2004, more than 70 percent of all plane crashes that ended in serious injury or fatality occurred during a personal flight. General aviation accidents occur more frequently than airline or business aviation accidents.
• The most recent statistics on midair collisions has shown a steady decline. In 2004, there were 10 midair accidents resulting in 10 fatalities compared to 11 collisions in 2003 with 23 deaths.

Some of the most common causes of aviation accidents include:

• pilot error,
• negligence by a flight service employee or air traffic controller,
• faulty equipment or mechanical failure,
• weather,
• and sabotage.
• Violations of Federal Aviation Administration safety regulations and aviation law are also a frequent cause of aviation accidents.

Plane Crashes in Brazil

July 18, 2007 -

Flight JJ3054 crashed into a building when attempting to land in the Sao Paulo Congonhas Airport.

What Went Wrong?

Although the crash is still under investigation, reports show the pilot of TAM airlines was attempting to land during a rainstorm and careened across a highway before crashing into a concrete building and bursting into flames.

Investigators believe the pilot overshot the runway and tried to take off again before the accident occurred.

Unsafe Airport

The safety of Brazilian airports has been put into question since the crash, which occurred earlier this week.

According to pilot Miles O'Brien, the airport at Sao Paulo is notorious for being risky, with its short and oftentimes slippery runways.

The runways were recently resurfaced to take car of this problem, but the cutting of grooves to drain rainwater has yet to be done.

“It's like you are literally flying past people's apartments. Then you land on the runway. It is completely surrounded by the central party of Sao Paulo city. This is not an airport at the edge of a city, it is directly in the city,” explains Tom Hennigan, a reported from Sao Paulo.

Fatal Accident

Although not all of the bodies in the crash have been identified or found yet, authorities believe that at least 200 people were killed in the crash, making it the largest crash in Brazil's history.

(Source: CNN)

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