Urgent: Plane skids, hits hangar in Sao Paulo

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 17 (Xinhua) -- A commercial plane belonging to local airline TAM hit a hangar and started a fire on Tuesday at Congonhas International Airport, in the southern city of Sao Paulo, according to Brazil's Federal Police.

The Brazilian Airport Infrastructure Enterprise (Infraero) said that the accident happened when the aircraft failed to stop and slid on the runway. No information on victims has been released yet.