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# TAM Airlines: 6 hull losses; 336 dead

TAM Airlines is the Brazilian brand of LATAM Airlines Group. The merger of TAM with LAN Airlines was completed on June 22, 2012. The company is currently the largest Brazilian airline. Before the takeover, TAM was Brazil's and Latin America's largest airline. Its headquarters are in São Paulo, operating scheduled services to destinations within Brazil, as well as international flights to Europe and other parts of North and South America.

Accidents:
1) 28 June 1984: An Embraer EMB 110C Bandeirante operating a chartered flight by Petrobras from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont to Macaé flew into a hill while descending through rain and clouds over the Municipality of São Pedro da Aldeia. All 18 passengers and crew died.

2) 7 October 1986: An Embraer EMB 110C Bandeirante flying from Campo Grande to Araçatuba struck the ground just short of the runway threshold after missing the approach at Araçatuba Airport twice. Seven crew members and passengers died.

3) 31 October 1996: A Fokker 100, operating as Flight 402 from São Paulo-Congonhas to Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont crashed on urban area during takeoff procedures and after engine no. 2 suffering at least three uncommanded reverse thrust deployments and thus losing power, stalled, rolled to the right and struck two buildings. All 96 passengers and crew on board and 3 people on the ground died.

4) 17 July 2007: An Airbus A320 operating flight 3054 from Porto Alegre to São Paulo-Congonhas overran the runway while landing at Congonhas, crossed a major thoroughfare and impacted against a TAM Express warehouse. All 186 passengers and crew perished. 199 bodies were recovered from the crash site, including passengers, crew and people that were working at the warehouse.

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