Netflix Reveals Teaser and Premiere Date For 'A Tragedy Foretold: Flight 3054', Its New Documentary Series

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26 March 2025

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S o Paulo, March 26, 2025 - Today, Netflix revealed the trailer and premiere date for A Tragedy Foretold: Flight 3054. The docuseries, premiering April 23, revisits the tragic accident that took place in S o Paulo, Brazil, on July 17, 2007. That night, an airplane coming from the southern city of Porto Alegre overshot the runway upon landing at Congonhas Airport in S o Paulo, crossing a roadway and crashing into a building belonging to the same airline. The disaster took 199 lives and sparked important discussions about aviation safety in Brazil.

The three-episode documentary series explores the changes in the field of Brazilian aviation brought on by the accident, in addition to the devastating impact on the victims families. The production investigates in detail every failure in the chain of events that led to the disaster. It also looks at the accident within the context of the so-called aviation crisis-months during which Brazils civil aviation sector suffered nation-wide delays and cancellations, as well as accidents.

Produced by Pr digo Filmes in collaboration with Sobretudo Produ o, the series was created by Angelo Defanti, who also directed all three episodes, written alongside F bio Leal. Beto Gauss, Francesco Civita, B rbara Defanti and Renata Grynszpan served as executive producers.

A Tragedy Foretold: Flight 3054 premieres April 23 only on Netflix

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About Pr digo Filmes

Pr digo Filmes is a well-established Brazilian production company, known for projects such as Invisible City and Girls from Ipanema for Netflix. Their feature films include Dad Rocks and Jules and Dolores, which won an award at SXSW 2016. They have also produced documentaries such as Outros Tempos for HBO, as well as Motoboys - Vida Loca, which won a prize at the S o Paulo International Film Festival. Recently, they released the series Anderson Spider Silva for Paramount+, a show that was nominated for a 2024 Emmy Award, and Love Is For the Strong for Prime Video. In 2024, they released the documentary series Finding Priscila on Disney+ and co-produced the movie Manas, which won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival.

About Sobretudo Produ o

Rio de Janeiro-based Sobretudo Produ o, led by siblings Angelo and B rbara Defanti, produces documentaries, scripted shows and animations as features and series. Known for bringing Brazilian culture to the screen, Sobretudo produced The Club of Angels (2022), an adaptation of the novel by Luis Fernando Verissimo, co-produced with Portugal in collaboration with Warner Bros. In 2024, their documentary Verissimo made headlines at the Tudo Verdade Festival and, in January 2025, they released the feature film White House. Their upcoming Southwesterly Wind, a thriller based on the novel from Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza, will be released in 2026.

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