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US pilots to be retried for Brazil airline crash
SAO PAULO — Two American pilots of a business jet will be retried for their role in a 2006 airline crash that killed 154 people in Brazil. (www.cbsnews.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
It is a witch-hunt. Very contrary to best practices in accident/incident/mishap investigation.
Brazilian government knows they are at fault for not providing adequate equipment to provide radar coverage to their airspace, I have flow over that area before and you could fly for hours without being able to get a hold of a center and when you finally do, it's almost impossible to understand due to echo on their radio frequency, but they won't tell the people that! Feel sorry for the families that lost their loved ones and the pilots that ended their career this way ! Brazil sucks big time, coming from a native Brazilian, myself !
Fabiano, both US pilots still hold active FAA pilot certificates and medicals and I believe they are both still flying. The FAA did no enforcement action against either pilot.
The first tragedy was the loss of the 154 people on the Gol flight; in my personal opinion, the second tragedy was the witch hunt against the controller and pilots rather than learning from the disaster and making flying in Brazil safer.
The first tragedy was the loss of the 154 people on the Gol flight; in my personal opinion, the second tragedy was the witch hunt against the controller and pilots rather than learning from the disaster and making flying in Brazil safer.
Third tragedy is that nothing was done since the crash to make flying in Brazil safer!
From what I have read, the Issue was ATC assigning the same altitude to opposite direction airplanes. I also think I read that Lapore queried ATC about wrong way altitude assignment. Regardless, they are looking for another bite of the apple that had no responsibility in the accident. The court may rule badly, but they will not be extradited,IMHO.
They determined the probable cause was very clearly the failure of Brazilian ATC to properly provide separation between the two aircraft yet Brazil appears to still want to place the blame on the US pilots.