Author: James Sabatini

A TAM Airlines Airbus 320 carrying 176 people crashed while attempting to land in heavy rain at Sao Paulo’s Congonhas Airport, the airline said. The Sao Paulo fire department said at least 200 people, including some on the ground, were dead at the scene. There was no immediate word on survivors.

A Brazilian Court had previously banned large jets from using the runway due to safety concerns. The runway has been known to be short and slippery when wet. An appeals court reversed the ban citing business concerns and that the safety issues did not warrant the shutting down of the runway. More facts will be discovered as this tragic airplane crash is investigated.

?A runaway motorboat whose operator had fallen overboard crashed into a sailboat Sunday on the Connecticut River and killed one of four people who were on the sailboat. The motorboat operator, Gregory Siege, 44, of Madison, was arrested shortly after the 3:50 p.m. accident and charged with first-degree reckless operation of a vessel while intoxicated by alcohol and or drugs. The four people aboard the sailboat were tossed into the river during the accident but were quickly taken out of the water. The three who survived were taken to a hospital in New Haven for treatment.?