Date:	Tuesday 8 August 2006
Time:	14:04
Type:	Fokker 100
Owner/operator:	TAM Linhas Aéreas
Registration:	PT-MQN
MSN:	11409
Year of manufacture:	1993
Total airframe hrs:	33725 hours
Cycles:	29503 flights
Engine model:	Rolls-Royce Tay 650-15
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 81
Aircraft damage:	Minor, repaired
Category:	Accident
Location:	São Paulo, SP -   Brazil
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP)
Destination airport:	Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
TAM Flight 3040 departed Congonhas (CGH) at 13:47 on a flight to Rio de Janeiro (GIG). Shortly after takeoff from runway 35, the left front passenger door opened in flight and separated from the airplane. The door fell onto the roof of the Extra supermarket in the Avenida Ricardo Jafet. The airplane returned to the airport for a safe emergency landing.

Avião da TAM perde porta no vôo e retorna a Congonhas (Estadao.com, 8-8-2006)
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