Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5682

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.

Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5682

PS-TLB the aircraft involved seen here on August 27, 2024
Accident
Date	November 9, 2024 (2024-11-09)
Summary	In-flight fire, under investigation
Site	São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport, São Paulo, Brazil 23°26′7″S 46°28′30″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

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. The aircraft was initially delivered to Turkish Airlines on April 19, 1994. On April 2000, the aircraft was delivered to Asiana Airlines. On May 2024, it was transferred to Total Linhas Aéreas. At the time of the accident, the aircraft was registered as PS-TLB, and equipped with two CFM International CFM56-3 engines.

Accident

The aircraft took off from Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport at around 11:34 pm local time, the initial part of the flight was uneventful. While on approach an alarm of a fire in the cargo hold started, so the crew of the aircraft declared an emergency and decided to continue to its destination. At around 00:37 radio contact with the aircraft was lost, although the transponder continued to work as normal. At 00:42 local time the plane landed on runway 28L of São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport, the ATC tower reported already smoke and flames coming from the aircraft. The two crew members onboard turned off the engines, and then evacuated from the emergency exit of the cockpit, to avoid the spreading of the fire the didn't open the door that connected the cockpit with the cabin. 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, big chunks of the plane were charred. According to Correios, 20% of the cargo transported was destroyed by the fire, while the remaining was taken out by the firefighters. Three airport's firefighting vehicles and five external vehicles intervened to put out the flames. At around 07:30 local time, the fire was put out by the firefighters, and at around 09:10, when the flames were already extinguished the wreckage of the aircraft was removed from the runway. The runway then re-opened at around 12:30 am local time.

Aftermath

Later 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. On November 11, reports came out about employees of Total Linhas Aereas stealing goods from the aircraft after the accident of a worth of about 95000 dollars. Those stolen objects were then hidden inside a room, the São Paulo police is investigating. The CENIPA is investigating on the accident.

See also

• FedEx Express Flight 1406
• In-flight fire

External links

• Video of the aircraft on fire