VASP Flight 210
Boeing 737-2A1 · Take-off attempt on taxiway, runway excursion
From São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU) to Tancredo Neves International Airport (CNF)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 1 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 72
- Survivors
- 71
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 9
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Boeing 737-2A1
- Flight
- VP210
- Aircraft type
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- PP-SME
- Operator
- VASP
- Onboard fatalities
- 1
- Route
- From São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)To Tancredo Neves International Airport (CNF)
Cause areas
- Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena
- Personnel issues › Experience/knowledge
- Environmental issues › Operating environment
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Approximate · Estimated position: São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport, the airport the Wikipedia article names as the site. Where on or near it is not known.
From the Wikipedia article
VASP Flight 210 was a domestic flight from Guarulhos to Belo Horizonte, Brazil operated by a Boeing 737-200 owned by São Paulo-based Viação Aérea São Paulo (VASP). On 28 January 1986 it ran off the end of the taxiway from which it mistakenly tried to take off, and collided with an embankment, killing one passenger and injuring nine others.
Accident
On 28 January 1986, dense fog covered the São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport. The pilots inadvertently lined up with the taxiway instead of runway 09L. At a speed of around 135 kn, take-off was aborted and braking was applied. At 07:32 the aircraft ran off the end of the taxiway and hit a dyke, breaking the front end of the fuselage off, and crumpling the cockpit. One passenger was killed, and the aircraft was written off.
Investigation and cause
Cause
A combination of intense fog, and pilot's lack of knowledge with the new airport's runway and taxiway configuration caused the crash. A large factor in the incident was also the lack of ground radar and taxiway vehicles.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: VASP Flight 210
- Article
- VASP Flight 210
- Revision
- 1363394408 · 2026-07-09 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q65246489
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "VASP Flight 210" (page 70353299, revision 1363394408)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- airport the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata code, OurAirports)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- airline flight number in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.