THANK YOU ALL FOR HELPING ME UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON IN BRAZIL TODAY DURING THIS GREAT TRAGEDY.
I think it is now fair to say that a fully loaded TAM AIR Airbus 320 over ran runway 35 left, some 6365 feet long during a rainy evening hitting a cargo structure and perhaps a gas/petrol station.
That the runway was awaiting grooving after repaving...that rain had been continuous since yesterday
that the airport had a similiar incident yesterday involving an ATR 42 turboprop airport
that this airport had been notorious for problems of this nature, so bad that a JUDGE had ordered restrictions on this airport, but he was over ridden by a higher court.
a marginal situation costing the lives of up to 200 people (176 on the plane, more on the ground)
It is possible that the plane was attempting to takeoff again after touchdown.
that winds near the airport are affected by the nearby buildings.
that with wet runway conditions, the airbus 320 at max landing weights is a marginal situation on this length of runway