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    Aripuanã Plane Crash kills Pilot and 3 passengers, including 2 Civil Servants

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    On April 6, 2013, an Embraer EMB-720D Minuano #PT-ROS en route from Aripuanã to Colniza, Mato Grosso went missing. A pilot saw the wreckage and called it in to Civil police before the official search began, which was set to begin on Monday. The wreckage was reported on Monday April 7, along with the remains of the pilot and three passengers. Two of the victims, Elias Borges Nogueira and Alexsandro Pereira da Silva were going to be in service in the region. The pilot and a local farmer were the other two victims. One of those aboard was found feet away from the plane, and had no burns.

    The wreckage was discovered in an area of difficult access.

    Aripuanã has no fire department, and the recovery work is being done by Aripuanã police. The remains were held at the local mortuary until being shipped to the Forensic Institute by Integrated Air Operations Center (Ciopaer).

    The government statement said that they will be giving full support to the families.

    The statement of the Secretary of Environment of Mato Grosso, José Lacerda, confirmed that the plane#PT-ROS crashed shortly after takeoff on Sunday. “They are Cuiaba and were on a survey of regional programming in the areas of Aripuanã, Colniza and New World.”

    The police are speculating that the plane may have lost parts in the air, although we do not know if this is supported by the photographic evidence we have seen. (i.e. if the plane is intact now in pictures, it was likely intact in the air.) Also, the weather was rainy and windy at the time the plane went missing.

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    Avianca Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing Without Front Wheels

    UntitledAn Avianca Airlines Fokker 100 jet made an emergency landing in the Brazilian capital city Brasilia, as its front landing gear stopped working.

    The plane, carrying 49 passengers, was en route from Petrolina to Brasilia airport on March 28. The pilot requested emergency landing protocol as his attempt to lower the plane’s front landing gear failed.

    Media sources report that the pilot kept flying the passenger jet around the city, in order to shed the weight of extra fuel. The plane then safely landed on its rear wheels, while the fire crew foamed it to avoid a friction fire when its nose touched the runway.

    All the passengers and crew members were evacuated safely.

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    Former mayor of Ponte Alta do Tocantins Dead in Plane Crash


    The former Mayor of Ponte Alta do Tocantins, Cleyton Maia, 51 years, his son, Isaias Maia Barros Filho, the 24-year-old Mayan Pradheep, and a family friend, and member of the Brasilia Fire Department, Luis Augusto Aragon Feitosa, 23 years, were en route to the anniversary of Tom Belermindo when they died Sunday on a Cessna 210N Centurion II flying from Porto Nacional to Pedro Afonso, Tocantins. The impact occurred on a farm near Taquaralto, Palmas, Tocantins Brazil during a heavy rain.

    The bodies are in a Porto mortuary.

    The wreckage was in a remote area, discovered by a cowboy. The aircraft was unsafe, according to the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC). The flight plan had not been cleared and was considered an illegal flight.

    Aviation experts arrived on Monday, the 10th of February, 2014, at Palms to investigate the causes of the accident. The site will be preserved, trace evidence will be preserved and the wreckage of the aircraft remaining in its original position.

    The former Mayor Cleyton Maia was in a crash in the same aircraft in 2008.

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    Viral Video Pilot’s Engagement Cut Short in Cachoeira do Sul


    Last month, Arthur Demetrio must have been full of hope and good news when he took his girlfriend Thays Pereira da Cruz flying, and asked her to marry him by having his parents hold up banners saying “Thays Marry me” in an airfield in Cachoeira do Sul Brazil.

    See the proposal here

    I wish this were the end of the story.

    This Wednesday, Demetrio spoke to his fiancée Thays on the phone.
    Later that day, his Cessna 140 aircraft was flying out of the airfield where he proposed.

    He crashed in Cachoeira do Sul.

    His student Darlan Kabata dos Santos, 31, and he both died. There was almost no warning, though Demetrio had time to tell ATC he was having plane trouble, something about the elevator, which controls the nose of the plane.

    Officials informed his fiancée; she was the first to know. The family is devastated.

    Arthur Demetrio will be buried in Santa Catarina, where he is from.

    The accident is under investigation.

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    Experimental Crash in Brazil kills Deputy Mayor


    A small plane, an INPAER Explorer#PR-ZAL with three aboard was en route from Campos dos Amarais, Campinas to London but disappeared from radar while talking to ATC in Pirassununga Brazil at about ten on January 23rd. The experimental plane was registered but not certified, and barred from flying over populated areas.

    The Brazilian Air Force, Botucatu and São Manuel police forces were searching with a C-105 Amazonas, a H1 and an Eagle Helicopter, and found the remains of the passengers in dense forest, in a rugged area near Monte Alegre.

    The Squad of Campo Grande rescue team is on the scene.

    Locals who heard the failing engine, a roar and saw a flash of light in the woods notified authorities.

    The remains have been identified as:
    -Alderman and Deputy Mayor of Suzano (SP) Jessé Almeida,
    -Edson Geraldino, identified as owner of the plane.

    The identity of the third party, Rubens Geraldino, has not been confirmed by the family. The passengers (uncle and nephew) were from Mogi das Cruzes, SP, Brazil.

    Video Below

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    Another Robinson Crash

    On January 12, 2013, a Sky Clear Aviação Robinson R22 Beta II was in Santa Maria Madalena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on a training flight when it crashed into a forested area. Because he helicopter crashed on top of trees, some of the crash force was dispersed. Both the pilot and student sustain injury. Herbert Campbell, 39, and Gabriel Silva Mataruna Ahmed, 23, were the accident victims. They were conscious when the rescue team arrived but the helicopter is a total loss.

    Emergency responders were the fire brigade of Conceição de Macabu.

    The farm where the accident happened is on the edge of St. Mary Magdalene with Conceição de Macabu, North Fluminense. The Centre for research and prevention of Aeronautical Accidents is investigating.

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    LAGOA FORMOSA MG Investigating Crop Duster Crash


    A crop-duster crashed in Lagos Formosa in Brazil.

    The Embraer EMB-201A Ipanema owned by ENAGRI EMPR.NAC.DE AV.AGRICOLA LTDA was at Farm Gruta Grandes flying over “the Big Cave/ The Big Grotto” when it crashed, killing the pilot, twenty-six year old Paulo Henrique Blank Saad. The plane is suspected to have mechanical problems. The pilot was employed by Paracatu.

    Witnesses saw the plane lose altitude and heard the engine experiencing problems. The farmer Carlos Gonçalves Pereira had hired the pilot to apply pesticides to his corn crop.

    The Patos de Minas fire brigade responded to the scene, but the pilot was already dead.

    The pesticide in the plane appears to have leaked into the water supply. Gelo Horizonte and SAAE water systems will be checking for environmental damage and the case is being reviewed by CENIPA- Centro de Investigação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronáuticos.

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    Rain Hampers Landing of Brazil Flight


    On December 14, 2013, an Azul Linhas Aereas Embraer with 98 aboard was en route from São Paulo to Uberlândia-Eduardo Gomes Airport when it made a landing on wet pavement and suffered a runway excursion skidding on to soft grass. There were no injuries reported.

    According to Sergeant Ramos, emergency services assisted.

    The accident closed the airport pending removal of the plane. There was no damage to the Embraer 195, which operated the flight AD 6913, and Azul’s reports stressed that there were no injury to any of the 93 passengers and five crew members.

    Subsequently on the 14th, after heavy rain was recorded, the Civil Defense of Uberlândia asked the population to avoid going through critical points referred to in the city due to possible flooding.

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    Small Plane Crash in Brazil


    On Nov 8 2013, a privately owned Embraer EMB-711C Corisco en route to São Paulo took off from Cianorte, Paraná (Cianorte). The pilot circled the area several times, lost power, and crashed a thousand feet from the airport on a farm. On impact with the ground, the plane rolled.

    The two people aboard were injured during the impact.

    Pilot Walter Auada Botelho de Morais Toledo and passenger Emanuela Érica Garcia were taken to Hospital São Paulo, Cianorte. She is pregnant, and suffered Traumatic Brain Injury. The pilot broke his foot.

    Walter Auada Botelho de Morais Toledo is a commercial pilot.

    The fire department responded to the scene. The FAB will be investigating the accident.

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    Emergency Diversion in Brazil

    An Avianca Brazil Airbus A318-100 en route from Porto Alegre to Sao Paulo had taken off from Porto Alegre’s runway 11 when the plane developed problems with the hydraulics system.

    After burning off fuel, the pilots returned to Porto Alegre and made a safe landing.

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    Semi Hits Chopper

    An unmanned CEMIG Helibras HB-350B Esquilo (Eurocopter Ecureuil) in Celso Buelo Brazil was parked with its pilot nearby when the helicopter was struck by an articulated semi that was rolling on its own. The truck driver had forgotten to apply the brakes.

    The helicopter sustained damage in the horizontal stabilizer and tail cone.

    Both the helicopter and the semi had been parked, and neither had a driver aboard at the time of the collision.

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    Plane crashes and Five Die in Caldas Novas


    A Embraer 810D Seneca III plane en route from Ouro Fino to Gurupi was supposed to stop in Caldas Novas to refuel on Sept 20, but it crashed near Nelson Ribeiro Guimaraes airport. Five people——three men and two women——were killed in the crash at about 10:45 a.m. in a semi-urban area.

    The plane may have been on approach as its landing gear were down. There was no fire, explosion or leaked fuel at the accident site.

    It is expected that the missed fuel stop resulted in the plane crashing due to being out of gas. The forest where the plane fell was about 600 meters from the runway at Nelson Ribeiro Guimarães Airport. The victims were identified as John Constantini, 81, owner and pilot of the plane, Marcia Maria da Silva, 51, Vilmar Alves Passion, 40, Isolina Tumioto, 63, and John the Baptist Constantini, 51. Their remains were taken to Forensic Medical Institute.

    The Center for Research and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents (Cenipa) is investigating.

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    Tam Runs into Wild Winds

    A TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A330-200 was en route from Madrid to Sao Paulo when the flight sustained an episode of turbulence.

    A dozen passengers were injured, and the members of the flight crew. They were hospitalized when the pilots diverted to Fortaleza. One person had a fractured spine.

    A replacement flight was provided for passengers from Fortaleza to Sao Paulo Guarulhos. There were 168 passengers and 16 crew.

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    Small plane crash in Brazil


    An Embraer EMB-201A Ipanema was en route from Paracatu MG to Goinia when the pilot had to make a forced landing in a field. The plane was commonly used as a cropduster.

    The plane had had a fuel supply problem before but apparently this time the problem was in the fuel pump/power system.

    The pilot was uninjured but the plane sustained some damage. There was no fire, but firefighters were on hand, and there was a fuel leak.

    Centro de Investigação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronáuticos (Cenipa) will be investigating.

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    Pirassununga Training Crash, Crew Lost

    On August 12, 2013, a Smoke Squadron A-29 Super Tucano crashed at around 9:10 a.m. near the Air Force Academy runway in Pirassununga, São Paulo.

    The pilot and co-pilot did not survive.

    The pilots, aviator Captain John and Captain Igor Silva Pivovar, were on a training mission. The Brazilian Air Force is investigating.

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    Apuí Taxi Aéreo Beechcraft Crashes on Takeoff

    On July 16, 2013 around 6:20 a.m, an Apuí Taxi Aéreo Beechcraft 58 Baron with six aboard scheduled from Manaus-Eduardo Gomes International Airport to Apui crashed in Brazil. Five passengers and a pilot were on board.

    Seconds after takeoff, the plane lost power and crashed.

    The plane caught fire by Terminal 2. Three victims (two men and a woman) are hospitalized with burns in Hospital 28 Julio Hospital in Manaus in the South Central Zone of Manaus.

    Aurélio Simonetti, 68 and two others died in the crash. Adonay Campos, Edson Oliveira Parron, 36, and Vanessa Guedes were injured.

    INFRAERO Fire brigade teams responded to the scene. The Regional Service Investigation and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents is investigating

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    Tam Emergency Landing

    On July 1, 2013, a TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A320 en route from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro with 153 aboard made a landing at Rio.

    While navigating the runway, the plane ran off the runway and became mired.

    The Airbus A320-200 landed on Rio de Janeiro Galeao Airport’s runway 28 and veered off the runway.

    An investigation is underway. No injuries were reported.

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    Plane crashes In Brazilian Neighborhood


    On May 29, 2013, an Aerocomp Comp Air B experimental air craft was in its initial climb in Sorocaba, São Paulo Brazil when it developed problems.

    According to witnesses, the aircraft spun in the air, and attempted to land.

    The pilots tried to land but struck two trees and crashed into two houses in the St. William neighborhood of Sorocaba. The pilot and copilot died at the scene.

    Responding Emergency services included firefighters, military police, Municipal Civil Guard.

    The cause of the accident has not been released. The investigation is optional since this was an experimental plane.

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    Emergency belly landing at Porto Seguro


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    An Embraer EMB-721C Sertanejo (PA-32R-300) en route from Prado to Porto Seguro had a little trouble on landing when the nose gear folded.

    The friction from the belly landing was controlled by foam applied by the firefighters who were on standby when the flight landed. Actually, you can see they were there ahead of time, and how they used the time while the pilots were burning off fuel.


    Pilots were aware of the inability of the gear to lock, so they burned off fuel before making the landing.

    The plane is normally used as an air taxi. The video below shows the plane landing on foam.

    No injuries. Good job, Captain!

    See video

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    Rio Helicopter Crash


    On May 8, 2013, a Helisul Táxi Aéreo Ltda-owned Helibras HB-350B Esquilo (Eurocopter Ecureuil) helicopter landing at a Rio de Janeiro heliport landed in the trees instead of on the landing area.

    Aboard were the pilot and five tourists,a couple of miners, and two tourists from the United States. No one was injured though witnesses saw the pilot had hurt his hand. One of the passengers filed an injury complaint.

    A gust of wind apparently blew the pilot off track. The company is calling the incident a forced landing.

    By the time the fire department and Experts of the Institute of Criminology Carlos Eboli (ICCE) arrived, the passengers had already left. The Regional Investigation and Prevention of Accidents (Seripa) is also investigating.

    Antonio Souza Moreira, father of one of the passengers, Álvaro Felipe, said his son had been injured on the shin. The helicopter ride had been a birthday present. Antonio confirmed that the pilot lost control at a gust of wind. There was smoke but no fire; and there was a fire extinguisher available. But the firefighters took an hour to arrive.

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    Plane Crash in Dam

    The Vans RV-9A (a single-engine experimental aircraft) was being flown from Americana city by its owner with a female passenger aboard when it struck power lines and crashed by Ester Mill Dam in Cosmópolis in São Paulo, Brazil.

    Both people aboard died at the scene.

    The plane crashed in a remote area with difficult access in the dam. The fire department and the military are investigating but (Center for Research and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents) are not.

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    Aero Bravo 700 Agrícola Crashes in Perolândia, Goiás Brazil


    On April 5, 2013, an Aero Bravo 700 Agrícola spraying insecticide near the city of Perolândia crashed near GO-050 highway. The company was Planeta Viação Agrícolas. The fatal flight was to be the last run of the day.

    The plane had been spraying a cornfield when it crashed and caught on fire. Farm workers put out the fire, but not in time to save the young pilot, who suffered broken bones and severe burns.

    The cropduster was demolished.

    The Jataí Fire Department lieutenant Lourivaldo Ribeiro da Silva said the pilot had not been identified yet; and his body was taken to the Jataí Medical Legal Institute.

    The pilot has since been recognized as 25 year old Rivelino Rocha.

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    Air France Flight 447


    Air France 447 went down over the Atlantic in 2009.

    The fly-by-wire A330 incorporates technology that prevents the airplane from entering a stall, but during a complete loss of airspeed information, however, the system reverted to manual control.

    The final report said said the pilots were “completely surprised” by technical problems experienced at high altitude and engaged in increasingly de-structured actions until suffering “the total loss of cognitive control of the situation.”

    CEO of the Flight Safety Foundation has been recorded said pilots generally manually manipulating the controls for only three minutes:one minute and 30 seconds each for take-off and landing.

    “We are moving towards automated operations where the pilot isn’t even permitted to fly. That means the first time in your career you will ever feel what an aircraft feels like at 35,000 feet is when it’s handed to you broken.”

    See a video examination of the Air France 447 flight

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    A Word about Safety, Brazil and Towers

    In George’s Point of View

    With aviation safety issues buzzing in the US because of the widespread tower closures, I was surprised to find US safety being held as a higher standard in a critique of Brazilian aviation by pilot Antônio Carlos Cruzeta.

    His article at *http://paduim.blogspot.com/2013/02/relato-de-um-piloto-de-linha-aerea.html pillories the conditions of flying in Brazil, even compares the pilot to driving a luxury BMW in the middle of a safari in Africa.

    But I cannot but wonder if even as this pilot pushes for progress in Brazil, we in the US are bound to be falling back. Will it take an aviation disaster here to wake up our government that we need to maintain our current standards of safety?

    A Brazilian pilot can ask that question, and so can we. How can pilots continue to fly millions of passengers millions of flights in state-of-the-art planes when losing so many towers? And now there are lawsuits piling up as localities begin legal battles to keep their towers. Should tower support be withdrawn, leaving pilots to “fly by the seat of their pants?” What do US pilots think of this withdrawal of support? DO pilots consider towers extraneous?

    Three hours or so from home the ride from Rio was unusually turbulent. Though I slept all the way to Houston this time, will I be so confident in the future? I worry for the state aviation safety as thousands of pilots converge flying to and from airports where tower support was once but is no longer.

    Closures

    *English translation here: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fpaduim.blogspot.com%2F2013%2F02%2Frelato-de-um-piloto-de-linha-aerea.html

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    Helicopter Crash off the Coast of Brazil

    On March 27, 2013, a Líder Táxi Aéreo Bell 412SP was en route from Rio de Janeiro to an oil platform (Petrobras P-7 rig) with three people aboard when it made an emergency landing near an oil platform Bacia de Campos Brazil.

    Líder Táxi Aéreo and Petrobras say it was a controlled landing.

    The three crew were able to use a lifeboat.

    The helicopter’s flotation device was activated and the chopper floated to the surface but capsized.

    The owner of the helicopter made this statement:
    “The aircraft performed a controlled landing in the water near the platform Petrobras P-7. The three occupants of the aircraft were immediately rescued and are doing fine. The freighter Petrobras, with the technical leader, are already providing the withdrawal of aircraft and general cargo. All measures of investigation are ongoing and all bodies were triggered. We reiterate that all safety procedures, maintenance and training are up to date and used properly.”

    Petrobras reported the incident to the (Brazilian) ANP, Navy and Air Force who will be investigating.