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SAO PAULO, Brazil (CNN) -- Heavy black smoke poured into the air and bright orange flames lit the night sky in Sao Paulo after a passenger plane skidded across a road and crashed into a building Tuesday. At least 200 people were killed. 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. Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva declared three days of national morning for the victims, according to reports from The Associated Press. Witnesses said the plane skidded across a major road at rush hour. Reports that the plane struck a gas station could not be confirmed, but a massive fire broke out.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/07/17/brazil.plane.crash/index.html
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. Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva declared three days of national morning for the victims, according to reports from The Associated Press. Witnesses said the plane skidded across a major road at rush hour. Reports that the plane struck a gas station could not be confirmed, but a massive fire broke out.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/07/17/brazil.plane.crash/index.html
