If the plane accident that killed 154 people had ocurred in the U.S. and the pilots were Brazilian, would local authorities let them leave the country? The pilots have only had there passports confiscated and not been jailed! I´m sure that most people know that in an accident like this it takes time to gather all the evidence to decide the causes.
2006-10-08 05:17:07 · 4 answers · asked by anti-PT 2 in Travel ➔ Air Travel
Just to answer some of Johns points. The 737 was at 37,000ft. Correct for the direction he was heading. The legacy should have been at 36,000 for that leg of the journey. What intrigues everbody is that the system to show the Legacy position correctly only came on after the collision, and radio contact returned as well. It has been said that the Legacy pilot only responded to his radio after the collision as well. As to the article written by by the journalist who was on the Legacy, I can only say that he seems to forget that 154 men, women and children died in the accident.
2006-10-08 14:34:58 · update #1
Can you imagine the same situation, but with Brazilian pilots in the USA?
They would be called terrorist, and put in jail for 50 years!!!
But, no.... they are Americans, good people. give me a break.
2006-10-09 03:02:46 · answer #1 · answered by northmiamibeach1975 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the initial reports I've seen, it sounds more likely that the fault lies with either ATC or the 737 crew. The Legacy was straight-and-level at FL370 (flight level 370, 37,000 ft), as assigned. It appears the 737 was climbing through that altitude.
If the 737 crew was climbing above their clearance, then they'll be to blame. If ATC cleared the 737 to climb through the Legacy's altitude without ensuring lateral separation, then ATC will be to blame.
What I find particularly odd is that the Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) didn't prevent this mid-air. TCAS is a system installed on many aircraft that tells pilots the location and altitide of nearby aircraft. It generally shows aircraft within 40 miles laterally and 4,000 ft vertically. It provides both visual and aural alerts to pilots for aircraft that present a possible collision hazard, and the alerts get more insistent the closer the other aircraft gets. It even directs the pilots exactly how to maneuver the aircraft to avoid a collision.
A brand new Embraer Legacy bound for the U.S. (the accident aircraft departed from the Embraer factory on its delivery flight to ExcelAire in New York) would certainly have had this equipment installed. All U.S. registered airliners have it; I'm not sure about Brazilian carriers, but I'd be surprised if TCAS wasn't standard equipment on every 737 Boeing sells.
I suspect that Brazilian aviation authorities have a reciprocal agreement of some kind with the FAA, so there's probably little risk to Brazil in letting the crew go home, at least from the standpoint of aviation regulation enforcement.
Here's an interesting article written by a NY Times reporter who was aboard the Legacy: http://www.iht.com/bin/print.php?id=3008352
2006-10-08 19:03:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is still early to decide whether criminal charges should be brought against any one (the Legacy pilots, the Gol pilots, air traffic controller, etc.). You cannot but suspend any suspects from all aviation-related activities until the truth come out.
2006-10-08 12:27:09 · answer #3 · answered by imdashti 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Brazil, you have a specific law that do not let involved persons in aircrash leave Brazil until solve the problem.
If is Brazilian, american, arabian, japanese, chinese, etc.. will not leave the country until finish the aircrash investigation.
If the person leave the country and is blame for aircrash, you cannot get him for punishment.
2006-10-11 19:29:37 · answer #4 · answered by pauloplanez 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋