A light plane sideslipped on Sep. 3 at the Brazilian airport of Congonhas, in the city of Sao Paulo, but without casualties.

Three people, two pilots and a passenger, were aboard the plane. According to the Brazilian Authority of Airports (Infraero), they were both unhurt, only the airport was closed for an hour due to the accident.

The twin-engine plane, a King Air model with prefix of PT-PAC, was going to the city of Sao Jose do Rio Preto, about 400 kilometers away from Sao Paulo, but stopped at the end of the runway, near a wall which separates the airport and the busy street of Rubem Berta.

In July 2007, an Airbus A320 belonging to TAM Airlines of Brazil crashed into a compound of warehouses and fuel deposits after skidding off the runway in the rain at the same airport, killing 199 people.

Photograph 1 & 2: Airport personnel stand behind a small airplane which slid off the end of the runway at Congonhas airport in Sao Paulo on Sep. 3, 2008. Photo by Xinhua / Reuters.

Photograph 3: Another aircraft took off from the runway behind the incident site at Congonhas airport in Sao Paulo on Sep. 3, 2008. Photo by Xinhua / AFP.