Naman Shrestha
When the TAM Airlines Flight 3054 slid on the wet runway of the Congonhas Airport in São Paulo and crashed into a nearby TAM Express building on July 17, 2007, a total of 199 individuals lost their lives. One of the victims of the tragedy was 14-year-old Thaís Volpi Scott. Netflix’s ‘A Tragedy Foretold: Flight 3054,’ originally titled ‘Congonhas: Tragédia Anunciada,’ is a three-part documentary series that revisits the plane crash accident through interviews with the loved ones of the victims and the officials involved in the years-long investigation into the tragic event. Dario Scott, the father of Thaís, also features in the documentary and talks about the impact that losing his only daughter had on his life.
Dario Scott Became a Part of the Investigation Through AFAVITAM
Looking forward to spending her school holidays at her maternal grandparents’ house in São Caetano, Thaís Volpi Scott boarded the ill-fated flight along with her friend, Rebeca Haddad, in July 2007, unaware of the accident that awaited. She had moved to São Leopoldo about a couple of years ago with her parents, Dario and Ana Sílvia Scott, in search of a better quality of life. After bidding farewell to Thaís at Porto Alegre International Airport, Dario, who was a professor at a local university, attended an event with his wife. Soon, he learned about the plane crash from Rebeca’s mother. The news left him and his wife distraught and heartbroken.
That same day, he flew to São Paulo, but it took the authorities about a month to identify his daughter’s remains. Following the tragedy, Dario and other loved ones of the crash victims united and formed an association called AFAVITAM (Association of Relatives and Friends of the Victims of TAM Flight JJ3054), aimed at seeking justice and finding the people responsible for the mishap. Through his leadership qualities, Dario Scott ended up becoming the President of AFAVITAM as they continued being a part of the investigations conducted by the São Paulo Civil Police and Cenipa.
Once Dario and Ana held a cremation ceremony for their late daughter in 2009, Dario and Ana began thinking about expanding their family once again and filling the void left by the untimely death of Thaís. About a year later, the couple welcomed a set of adorable twins, Tomas and Anna, into the world. Dario revealed that in a way, he and his wife fulfilled one of their daughter’s wishes as she always wanted to be a big sister and asked for siblings. On the tenth anniversary of the plane crash tragedy on July 17, 2017, he joined other family members and friends of the 199 victims at the July 17 Memorial Square in São Paulo, Brazil, to pay tribute to the victims.
Dario Scott’s Life Revolves Around His Wife and Twins Today
Hailing from São Paulo, Dario Scott attended ETI Lauro Gomes before pursuing higher studies at Unisinos and UNICAMP (State University of Campinas). Still serving as the President of AFAVITAM, he strives to provide the community with support and assistance to the best of his ability. From 2008 to 2013, he worked as a Professor at Unisinos, before switching to LIBRA – Soluções em Sistemas. In a 2023 interview, he said that his late daughter wanted to study fashion in Italy and become a professional designer. He added (translated), “I believe that today she would be living in Italy and working in design.”
Dario currently resides in the municipality of Valinhos in São Paulo, Brazil, with his wife, Ana Sílvia Scott, and their teenage children, Tomas and Anna. From what we can tell, both of them are employed at UNICAMP as Professors. Apart from his wife and children, he also seemingly maintains a close-knit bond with his sister, Simara Rebeca Scott. Despite it being nearly two decades since they lost Thaís, the Darios family continues to remember her and celebrate her life, especially in the month of July each year. Besides that, Dario, along with his wife, is focused on raising their twin teenagers to the best of their abilities and watching them succeed in their lives.
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