Firefighters carry the remains of a victim from the crash of a TAM airlines commercial jet in Sao Paulo. The pilot of the airliner that burst into flames after trying to land on a short, rain-slicked runway apparently tried to take off again, barely clearing rush-hour traffic on a major highway.

First published in the July 18, 2007, 10:28 a.m. edition

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