Brazil

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    Air Comet Turned Away From Brazil


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    Contact photographer Antonio Camarasa

    What: Air Comet Airbus A330-200 en route from Madrid Spain to Buenos Aires Argentina
    Where: Atlantic Ocean
    When: Nov 6th 2009
    Who: 270 passengers
    Why: While en route to Argentina, Brazilian Authorities denied overflight permission to Air Comet. The flight had to return to Madrid. Although the plane had the essential paperwork, . Air Comet owes substantial debt (air taxes) to the Brazilian government.

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    Amazon Flight Crashes; Wreckage, Survivors, found


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    Contact photographer Frederico Cavalcante

    A military C-98 went missing Thursday between Cruzeiro do Sul in northwestern Acre state and the Amazonas town of Tabatinga. Eleven were on board. Nine survived, rescued by Matis Indians who live in the area.

    The bodies of two plane crash victims were found in the Amazon rainforest Sunday. The C-98 Caravan wreckage was found about six feet deep in the river. One body was found in the plane, the other close by.

    The miltary mission of the plane was anindigenous community immunization campaign.

    The engine of the plane stopped in mid-air, the pilot landing (deliberately or not) in the Itui River.

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    DVT Fatality on Rio Flight


    Pictured: TAM Airbus A330-223 arriving from Rio
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    What: TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A330-200 en route from New York JFK to Rio de Janeiro
    Where: Rio de Janeiro
    When: Oct 23/24th 2009
    Why: On approach to Rio, a passenger began feeling unwell. On debarking, she passed out in the jet bridge. By the time the ambulance arrived 25 minutes later, she was pronounced dead at the scene.

    Doctors say that she suffered “economy class syndrome”, actually known as Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), an event which creates blood clots in the lower veins of the legs.

    A substantial amount of money and several credit cards disappeared the passenger’s purse, according to relatives.

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    Sao Paulo Plane crash: 3 or 4 fatalities


    Pictured: an Embraer-EMB-712-Tupi
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    Contact photographer Joao Vitor Sayao

    What: Single engine Embraer Tupi plane ( EN-RYC)en route from Sao Jose dos Campos to Sao Jose do Rio Preto
    Where: southeast of Brazil in the municipality of Santa Isabel, in southeastern Sao Paulo
    When: between 9:45 and 11:45 on the Sept 21
    Who: 3 possibly 4 passengers: two adults and a child
    Why: The plane went missing for three hours and there was difficulty finding it because rain hampered search efforts. The local fire department which located the missing plane found the remains of the 3 passengers “carbonized” in aa forest near the Pouso Alegre Peak. They say the plane exploded. Local residents saw a flash.

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    Tam Airbus Hydraulics Failure Diverts from Congonhas


    Pictured: A Tam Airbus landing on the short “airport” runway “surfing” between buildings to land at Congonhas
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    Contact Photographer Alan Olivieri

    What: TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A319-100 en route from Vitoria,ES to Sao Paulo Congonhas,SP
    Where: Diverted to Sao Paulo Viracopos Airport
    When: Aug 8th 2009
    Who: 38 people on board
    Why: Hydraulics failed on approach to Sao Paulo so the pilots declared an emergency and diverted to the longer runway at Vircacopos Airport.

    George’s Point of View

    A good decision here! Better to divert than to have a repeat of the TAM Airlines Flight 3054 (JJ 3054) crash on July 17, 2007. The 35L runway at Congonhas is 6,365 feet long, which is why the Congonhas nickname is “aircraft carrier.” The Viracopos/Campinas International Airport has a 10630 foot runway.

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    Turbulence Rattles Tam Airbus


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    Pictured: flight 8095

    Contact photographer Jerome Mervelet
    Pictured: TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A330-200 registration PT-MVN
    What: TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A330-200 en route from Miami,FL (USA) to Sao Paulo
    Where: Sao Paulo
    When: May 25 2009
    Who: 154 passengers
    Why: On approach to Sao Paulo, the flight experienced turbulence. Fasten seat belt signs were illuminated about 20 minutes before landing–Some passengers struck the ceiling.

    Thirteen were treated at the airport; eight were taken to the hospital. No mention is made of any injuries to crew members

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    Brazil Crash Kills Businessman and Family

    What: King Air 350 jet en route from Sao Paulo to Trancoso
    Where: seaside resort town of Trancoso, Bahia near the resort area of Porto Seguro. Their destination had been the Terravista complex in Bahia.
    When: 23 May 2009
    Who: Eight passengers and three crew members including Roger Ian Wright, founder of a Sao Paulo-based investment company, his wife Lucilia Lins and two children–Veronica and Felipe, two grandsons, a grand daughter, a great aunt,and the 56-year-old pilot Jorge Lang Filho
    Why: UPDATED:The plane left Sao Paulo at 6:31 pm, and crashed in a forested area near the runway at 9: 10 pm while attempting to land during a heavy storm. Prior to impact, the pilot reported that “visual and landing conditions were normal.”

    In addition to being the ex-director of Banco Garantia, Roger Wright, was the owner of Arsenal Investmentos and a friend of Prince Andrew.

    George’s Point of View

    We share the sentiments expressed on the Arsenal Investment’s website:

    Arsenal Investimentos está profundamente pesarosa diante do trágico acidente aéreo ocorrido na noite de sexta-feira, dia 22 de maio, em Trancoso, na Bahia, que tirou a vida de seu sócio-fundador, o empresário Roger Ian Wright, e de seus familiares. Diante desse momento doloroso, a empresa se solidariza com todos os amigos e parentes das vítimas.

    Arsenal Investments is deeply sorry the tragic crash occurred on the evening of Friday, on May 22 in Trancoso, Bahia, which took the lives of their socio-founder, the entrepreneur Roger Ian Wright, and their families . In this painful moment, the company in solidarity with all the friends and relatives of victims.

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    TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus loses Airspeed, Data


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    Contact Photographer Normando Carvalho Jr

    What: TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A330-200 en route from Miami, FL to Sao Paulo Brazil
    Where: en route to Sao Paulo
    When: May 21st 2009
    Who: not listed
    Why: While in flight, the flight crew observed a drop of the outside temperature and recorded seeing St. Elmo’s Fire. They lost the air data reference system. Autopilot and autothrust system disconnected, and fly by wire switched to alternate law (and remained in alternate law for the remainder of the flight.)

    Rudder travel limiter was deactived and airspeed and altitude indication was lost.

    Standby instrumentation allowed data restoration in under ten minutes.

    George’s Point of View

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    4 Die in Cessna Crash


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    Contact photographer Giovanni Francisco Rodriguez Bravo

    What: Single Engine Cessna 172 en route from Santa Cruz
    When: May 11
    Who: four people were killed: pilot Martyshev Basil, his wife and two children
    Why: The plane took off from Santa Cruz 20 minutes after the expiry of the permitted duration of flights.

    50 minutes after takeoff the plane fell from the sky. No cause is yet noted.

    Apparently Martyshev was Russian and had U.S. citizenship, while his wife and children were citizens of Bolivia.

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    Bolivia: Cessna 210 fatality


    Pictured: A Cessna 210M in Bolivia
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    Contact Photographer Giovanni Francisco Rodriguez Bravo

    What: Cessna 210M en route from Concepcion to El Trompillo Airport
    Where: Concepcion, Bolivia
    When: April 11, 2009
    Who: Pilot and 3 passengers
    Why: The cessna impacted terrain shortly after taking off from Concepcion Airport Concepcion, Bolivia.

    The certificated commercial pilot and three passengers, all Bolivian citizens, were fatally injured. Night visual conditions prevailed. The flight was operating on a visual flight rules flight plan from Concepcion to El Trompillo Airport (SLET), Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

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    Arrow Cargo Crumbles in Flight over Brazil


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    Contact photographer Carlos A. Morillo Doria
    What: Arrow Cargo McDonnell Douglas DC-10 freighter, en route from Manaus, AM Brazil to Bogota Colombia
    Where: Manaus (rua Humaita, Terra Nova)
    When: Mar 26th 2009
    Who: 4 crew flew the plane that damaged 12 houses
    Why: The crew heard an explosion but kept going, unaware the engine had disgorged parts of the engine nacelle, its combustion chamber, turbine and outlet. The company has already said they’ll reimburse locals for the damage.

    No doubt.

    They continued on to Bogata…or they would have if weather hadn’t diverted them to Medellin.


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    Stolen Brazilian Plane Crashes Killing Feuding Husband and 5 yr old Daughter


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    What: stolen plane
    Where: Shopping mall parking lot in Goiania, near the centre of Brazil
    When: 18:30 local time
    Who: Kleber Barbosa da Silva and his 5 year old daughter Penelope Barbosa Correia were killed in the crash.
    Why: The crash occurred after the husband and wife had an altercation, and da Silva threw his wife out of the car. She was hospitalized in Brasilia; da Silva went on to take his 5 yr old and steal the plane, which crashed in a parking lot.

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    Tam Progress

    For those individuals following the Tam case:

    “Scores of plaintiffs suing over Brazil’s deadliest airline crash have settled with TAM Airlines and the plane’s lessor, Pegasus Aviation IV Inc., and intend to direct their claims against the companies that manufactured the plane and its components.”
    “To view more of the LAW 360 press release”

    What: TAM Express flight 3054 (Airbus A320) en route from Porto Alegre to Sao Paulo
    Where: Congonhas airport
    When: 1850 (2150 GMT) on Tuesday
    Who: 186 passengers and crew plus assorted on ground
    Why: wet runway conditions; unfit unfinished runway; reverser (and other) issues on plane. These and other reasons are in contention.

    Almost 200 Feared Dead in Air CrashOriginal article 2007/07/18
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    Brazil Helicopter Crash


    What: AgustaWestland A109C Helicopter en route from the coastal resort town of Parati to Itupeva
    Where: (near Sao Paulo) in Brazil’s northeastern state of Ceara.
    When: Monday 01/05
    Who: Pilot and copilot were hospitalized. One businessman (Gilberto Ramalho) was the only fatality, 5 in all were injured.
    Why: The pilot was about to land at Ramalho’s famiy farm in Itupeva when the helicopter exploded. On board were the pilot, copilot, a business couple, their teenage daughter and her friend. Three passengers got out quickly–the pilot and copilot were severely burned. The security camera at Ramalho’s farm recorded the impact.

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    Brazil’s GOL Report

    Brazil released a report Wednesday regarding the GOL crash. Specifically, the report concerns the Gol jet that collided over the Amazon rain forest with an Embraer Legacy 600 executive jet owned by ExcelAire Service Inc. of New York ; it concludes that the pilots of a New York-based executive jet had placed the transponder and collision avoidance system on standby before colliding with the Boeing 737 operated by GOL Linhaus Aereas Inteligentes SA on Sept. 29, 2006.

    However, the two American pilots are not exclusively responsible. The NTSB opinion is that the rules and regulations that govern Brazilian air space, as well as the on duty air Brazilian traffic controllers are at fault. Brazilian air traffic controllers should have informed the Long Island pilots that their transponder was turned off. There’s no indication that the Legacy’s control panel indicated that the transponder was off.

    The Legacy landed safely but everyone on the GOL jet died. Flight controllers failed to alert pilots that they were on a collision course and also did not notice–or communicate that the transponder was off.

    The on duty flight controllers and the two U.S. pilots – Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino have been indicted. They could get up to three years in prison.The pilots deny turning off the transponder. They claim to have been flying at the altitude designated by the air controllers. Their lawyer is quoted as saying “This accident was caused by a string of catastrophic errors committed by Brazilian air traffic controllers. In essence, they put and kept these two planes on a collision course.”

    ExcelAire says that “the transponder issue is a distraction from the true cause of the accident, which is an air traffic control system that put two airplanes on a collision course for about an hour.”

    Families of the GOL victims may yet file a civil lawsuit in Brazil.

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    Gol Investigation Findings Released

    Regarding the Gol jet that collided over the Amazon rain forest with an Embraer Legacy 600 executive jet owned by ExcelAire Service Inc. of New York: The GOL InvestigatIon has determined that the pilots of a New York-based executive jet had placed the transponder and collision avoidance system on standby before colliding with the Boeing 737 operated by GOL Linhaus Aereas Inteligentes SA on Sept. 29, 2006.

    The Legacy landed safely but everyone on the GOL jet died.

    Flight controllers failed to alert pilots that they were on a collision course and also did not notice the transponder was off.

    The on duty flight controllers and the two U.S. pilots – Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino have been indicted. They could get up to three years in prison.The pilots deny turning off the transponder. They claim to have been flying at the altitude designated by the air controllers.

    ExcelAire says that “the transponder issue is a distraction from the true cause of the accident, which is an air traffic control system that put two airplanes on a collision course for about an hour.”

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    Report Update: Beechcraft Crash in Brazil


    What: Hawker-Beechcraft, Model 100, N525ZS registered to Woolie Enterprises Inc departed SBBU
    Where: Bauru Airport (SBBU), Bauru, Brazil
    When: Accident occurred Friday, October 12, 2008
    Who: Pilot
    Why: Visual flight rules conditions prevailed at the time. Flight impacted the ground after takeoff

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    Brazil Helicopter Crash


    What: Brazilian air force model H-IH chopper en route from Natal, the capital of Rio Grande do Norte to Fortaleza, the capital of Ceara.
    Where: forced landing in the city of Icapui in the northeastern state of Ceara.
    When: Friday night
    Who: 3 fatalities, 3 survivors who got first aid in Aracati before they were taken to a Fortaleza hospital.
    Why: Under investigation

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    TAM Update

    What: TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A320 Flight JJ3054
    Where: Sao Paulo Brazil Congonhas airport
    When: July 17, 2007
    Who: 199 fatalities
    Why: Sao Paulo Institute of Criminology 16-month investigation places blame on government agencies for failing to ensure runway safety. Government failure to set rainy-day landing rules for the short runway whose new surface had not yet been grooved to drain rainwater.

    NTSB Factual
    NTSB Identification: DCA07RA059
    Scheduled 14 CFR operation of TAM Linhas Aéreas
    Accident occurred Tuesday, July 17, 2007 in Sao Paulo, Brazil
    Aircraft: Airbus Industrie A320-233, registration: PR-MBK
    Injuries: 199 Fatal.
    On July 17, 2007, at 21:54 UTC, an Airbus A320-233, Brazilian registration PTMBK, serial number 789, operated by TAM Linhas Aéreas overran the end of runway 35 at the Sao Paulo Congonhas airport upon landing. The airplane was on a scheduled domestic flight from Porto Alegre, Brazil. The airplane departed the runway to the left side near the departure end and crossed over a road prior to impacting a cargo depot and gas station. The end of the runway is on elevated terrain approximately 80 meters above the surface of the road. The 6 crew members, 162 passengers, and 18 persons on the ground suffered fatal injuries. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and fire.

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    5 Killed in Brazil Crash


    What: P-35 Beechcraft in the southern state of Paraná, Brazil en route from Sonora to Arapongas
    Where: in a school yard lf Municipal School Ilda Campano Santini in the city of Paranavai 250 km from the Paraguay border
    When: 10:50 Sunday
    Who: All five aboard were killed, 3 were family members. One woman was aboard.
    Why: The accident is attributed to heavy rains.

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    12 Years and 99 Deaths Ago, TAM Airlines flight 402 Was Lost But Not Forgotten

    Friday, October 31 2008

    It has been 12 years since 99 people died in the Tam Congonhas Fokker-100 accident.

    On October 31 1996. TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 set off for Rio De Janeiro and fell to earth minutes after take-off from Congonhas airport, spreading destruction on two building and seven houses, killing 99 people: 90 passengers, six members of the crew and three people on the street.

    Inquiries of TAM and Fokker, (the company who manufactured the airplane) concluded that a malfunctioning relay caused he opening of the right reverser. In December 1997, the Aeronautics Report found TAM guilty and made Fokker responsible for imperfections in the airplane.

    According to the Center of Inquiry and Prevention of Air Accidents (Cenipa) Report, during take-off, the reverser of the right engine of the Fokker-100 opened, and without any alarm, was set in motion, catching by surprise a crew in the command cabin that never was trained for this situation.

    The report disclosed that on 28 of June 1995, the Fokker sent a letter claiming it was not necessary to train pilots for this type of emergency because it was impossible for the Fokker reverser to open during take-off.

    The report says that a system changed altered the probability of imperfection in the system to one in ten million from one in a million.

    One another factor helped to knock down the airplane: the contacts of a relay (controlling of electric circuits) that should have set in motion the alarm system. This relay, according to Douglas colonel Axe, head of the Cenipa, was found 13 days after the accident.

    The human error that was the consequence of these other two situations: the lack of information on pane, caused by the burnt relay, and the lack of training for the situation by the manufacturer of the aircraft. According to report, the pilots had not followed basic recommendations.

    According to colonel Axe, the pilots could have gained time if they had allowed the airplane to go up to stabilize, without “forcing the engine in pane because of the reverse.”

    The Cenipa said that the only acknowledgment that the pilots had of the opening of the reverser was the brusque jib of the manual acceleration of the aircraft, then later when the airplane left the soil, the landing gear.

    A computer animation showed how the pilots acted in a desperate attempt to discover what was occurring.

    The tragedy timeline:

    8h26m: The control tower authorizes the airplane to take off.

    29 seconds: The airplane runs about 90 kilometers per minute in the track.

    55 seconds: The airplane raises in flight. The reverse of right turbine opens and closes for the first time, without the pilot perceiving it. Manete of the one I lock stops backwards and the pilot speeds up the turbine manually.

    70 seconds: The reverser opens for the third time and it does not close.

    74 seconds: The Fokker stick starts to tremble and the airplane loses height.

    79 seconds: The Fokker inclines to the right, the wing striking a three story building . The airplane blows up. Ninety and nine people die.

    8h27m.

    Postado for Jorge Tadeu Da Silva
    Apologies for any errors in translation

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    Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Emergency Landing

    What: en route from Congonhas airport (1030 GMT) in Sao Paulo to the northeastern city of Salvador.
    Where: Cumbica air base
    When: 046 GMT October 28th 2008
    Who: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
    Why: The plane landed at Cumbica air base at 1046 GMT, because a light on the pilot’s control panel indicated that the cargo compartment wasn’t properly closed. The cargo compartment was closed, but the control panel was in error. The plane took off again at 9:31 am.

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    Brazil Helicopter Crash under Investigation

    What: Agusta Westland A109S helicopter, Brazilian registration PR-IPO departure from the Parati/Condomínio Laranjeiras heliport, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
    Where: Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
    When: April 30, 2008 22:59 UTC
    Who: 2 fatalities.
    Why: The Brazil CENIPA has requested assistance from the US manufacturers of electronic components in the helicopter to download non-volatile memory information.

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    Emergency Landing in North-Eastern Brazil

    What: Boeing 777-200 operated by Alitalia flying from Rome Fiumicino to Buenos Aires
    Where: unplanned landing Thursday in the north- eastern Brazilian city of Recife
    When: landing was completed without further problems at 2:15 am (0515 GMT)
    Who: 295 people on board. Passengers deplaned and took another flight.
    Why: The plane experienced mechanical problems on the flight from Rome to Buenos Aires. The pilot informed the control tower that he was having technical problems.

    Alitalia is having financial problems.