Sao Paulo- A Brazilian airlines crashed and burst into flames at busiest airport of Brazil, and about 200 people were feared dead in the country’s second major air disaster in less than a year.

Rescue crews said none of 176 people on board the Airbus A320 were likely to have survived, according to Sao Paulo state Gov. Jose Serra. The leader of rescue said there could be 200 people dead, including casualties on the ground.

The plane, flying from Porto Alegre in southern Brazil lost its control on landing at Sao Paulo’s Congonhas airport that is known for slippery runways and has become a symbol of nation’s chaotic air transport system.

The airliner slipped off the rain-soaked landing strip and flew over a bustling avenue just below, slammed into a gas station and cargo terminal where the people were working.

Luis Santos, who saw the crash, said, “The plane come spinning and passed over our heads at the level of the street lights. We could hear the engine noise getting louder and the plane growing in front of us. When it hit the ground it exploded sending pieces all around.”

Dozens of ambulances reached to the crash site, where the plane’s tail hung out from the cargo terminal in flames as firefighters tried to put out the blaze that spread to a nearby building.

Government officials said rescue crews recover 20 bodies from the site and at least 12 people were being treated for injuries at nearby hospitals. The plane, operated by Brazil’s No. 1 airline TAM Linhas Aereas, was carrying 170 passengers and six crew members.

Last year, in September 154 people were killed in a plane crash when a Brazilian Boeing 737 clipped wings with a private jet and crashed in Amazon jungle.