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SFA-AGR-582-07                                                                                                                                                       19 June 2007

No Filipinos Reported Hurt in Brazil ian Pl ane Crash  

19 July 2007 — Philippine Ambassador to Brazil Teresita V. G. Barsana reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that no Filipinos have been reported hurt from the crash of TAM Linhas Aéreas flight JJ3054 in São Paulo , Brazil .  

Ambassador Barsana said that the Philippine Honorary Consulate General in São Paulo has reported to the Embassy that there were no Filipinos among the passengers of the ill-fated plane that skidded on landing at the Cogonhas-São Paulo International Airport on 17 July, overshooting the runway and crashing into a building.  All 176 people on board the Airbus A320 aircraft and around 25 on the ground died.  

Ambassador Barsana assured the Department that the Embassy will continue monitoring the situation in São Paulo and report on any new developments.  END

/jay

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