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Dramatic Citation Overrun Caught on Tape

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Key Takeaways:

  • An amateur video captured a Cessna CJ3 overrunning Runway 35R at Sao Paulo-Congonhas Airport, striking a perimeter wall.
  • The captain suffered serious injuries, while the copilot and single passenger aboard the aircraft survived the incident.
  • Initial accident reports cite rapidly changing winds and approaching towering cumulous clouds as contributing factors at the airport, which was also the site of a deadly 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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