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AfavTAM Issues, 3 Years After TAM Airlines Flight 3054

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AfavTAM Issues, 3 Years After TAM Airlines Flight 3054


From the desk of AfavTAM president Dario Scott

After nearly three years of sorrow, of missing our loved ones, we still struggle for truth, justice and life!

The facts: Information extracted from www.globo.com 08/24/2007

  • 7 month before the TAM tragedy, in a meeting with ANAC, Captain Gilberto Schittini, ANAC’s manager of evaluation standards for aircrafts, warned INFRAERO and AIR COMPANIES technicians, TAM’s technicians among them, that “… the three incidents we recently had could be considered as ‘warning signs of more serious incidents, involving the overrunning of the runway…’”, referring to Congonhas Airport, under certain conditions. The same statement was given before the Aerial Blackout Parliamentary Inquiry Committee.

  • On 07/17/2007, TAM flight JJ3054 overran the Congonhas runway, hitting a TAM building, and 199 people lost their lives. Hundreds of families were destroyed and are still struggling for justice. WHAT HAPPENED?

State and Federal inquiries were already concluded. The state inquiry, as disclosed by the press, identified a number of people from ANAC, INFRAERO, TAM and even AIRBUS to be held accountable.

Although working from the same facts, the federal inquiry came to a different conclusion, only identifying the pilots as responsible for the tragedy, exasperating us all.

Now, AFAVITAM awaits and relies on an independent and solid analysis by the Federal Prosecutor’s Office. AFAVITAM and rest of Brazil count on the indictment of the real wrongdoers that are responsible for this foreshadowed tragedy. Time elapsed is a disturbing factor; we don’t have a closure, even after three years. Due to the statute of limitations, time works on behalf of the guilty. We believe that, in order to get the proper measures taken and to PREVENT NEW TRAGEDIES, to compel and awaken society, an exemplary punishment is a valid mechanism.

We have monthly meetings because we believe we can make a difference. WE LOOK FOR:

  • TRUTH AND JUSTICE;
  • PUNISHMENT FOR THOSE RESPONSIBLE;
  • SOLUTIONS FOR THE PROBLEMS FOUND, so we can avoid another tragedy.

NO MORE IMPUNITY IN BRAZIL.
HOW LONG OUR SAFETY WILL HAVE TO WAIT?
YOU CAN’T PUT A PRICE ON A HUMAN LIFE!!!

Estamos completando três anos de saudades. São três anos de caminhada pela VERDADE, pela JUSTIÇA e pela VIDA !!!! (www.afavitam.com.br)

Dos fatos: (Informações extraídas do G1, Globo.com, de 24/08/07)

? “O Comandante Gilberto Schittini Gerente de Padrões de avaliação de aeronaves da ANAC, alertou 7 meses antes da tragédia, em reunião em que estavam presentes técnicos da ANAC, INFRAERO E AS COMPANHIAS AÉREAS, dentre elas a TAM, que “ … os três incidentes ocorridos recentemente poderiam ser considerados indícios de que “há um potencial de ocorrências mais graves, com ultrapassagem do final da pista (VARAR A PISTA) …”, referindo-se ao aeroporto de Congonhas, quando ocorridas algumas condições.” Declaração fornecida por este em depoimento, posteriormente, à CPI do apagão aéreo.

? O QUE ACONTECEU? No dia 17/07/07 a aeronave da TAM, vôo JJ3054, VAROU a pista do aeroporto de Congonhas, bateu no prédio da TAM e 199 pessoas perderam suas vidas. Centenas de famílias foram destruídas e encontra-se em reconstrução atrás de JUSTIÇA.


Os inquéritos nas esferas Estadual e Federal já foram concluídos. No primeiro, conforme divulgado pela imprensa, várias pessoas foram apontadas como responsáveis, tanto da ANAC como da INFRAERO e da TAM, tendo referido ainda a empresa AIRBUS. O segundo, em que pese analisar os mesmos fatos, indicou apenas os pilotos mortos como culpados, o que indignou a todos. Agora a AFAVITAM aguarda e confia na análise firme e independente do Ministério Público Federal e espera, junto com a sociedade brasileira, que haja a denuncia e o apontamento dos verdadeiros culpados dessa tragédia anunciada. Estamos preocupados com a demora, porque já se passaram 3 anos e ainda não temos uma definição. Sabemos que o tempo beneficia o culpado, porque pode ocorrer a prescrição da pena. Acreditamos que a punição exemplar dos responsáveis pela tragédia é um mecanismo de coerção e conscientização para que medidas sejam tomadas e novas tragédias NÃO SE REPITAM.

Nos reunimos todos os meses porque acreditamos que podemos fazer a diferença e
BUSCAMOS:
– VERDADE E JUSTIÇA;
– PUNIÇÃO PARA OS CULPADOS;
– SOLUÇÕES PARA OS PROBLEMAS ENCONTRADOS, para que outra
tragédia anunciada não ocorra;
CHEGA DE IMPUNIDADE NESTE PAÍS.
A SEGURANÇA DE TODOS VAI ESPERAR ATÉ QUANDO? VIDA NÃO TEM PREÇO!!!

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