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Dramatic Citation Overrun Caught on Tape

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Key Takeaways:

  • A Cessna CJ3 overran Runway 35R at Sao Paulo-Congonhas Airport, crashing into a perimeter wall.
  • All three occupants survived, though the captain sustained serious injuries.
  • Initial reports attribute the accident to rapidly changing winds and approaching cumulus clouds.
  • The incident occurred at the same airport known for a deadly TAM Airlines A320 overrun in 2007.
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Amateur video shot over the weekend captured the dramatic overrun of a Cessna CJ3 trying to land on Runway 35R at Sao Paulo-Congonhas Airport in Brazil.

As shown in the footage, the Citation bounced upon reaching the end of the runway before coming to a crashing halt on the perimeter wall that encircles the airport. The captain, copilot and single passenger aboard the airplane survived the accident, although the captain sustained serious injuries.

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