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1 posted on 10/04/2006 3:40:54 PM PDT by MadIvan

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2 posted on 10/04/2006 3:41:20 PM PDT by MadIvan (I aim to misbehave.)

If the pilot was flying where the controller told him to fly it is hard to pin the blame on the pilot. The alarms not sounding are cause for alarm.

3 posted on 10/04/2006 3:49:29 PM PDT by SF Republican

4 posted on 10/04/2006 3:55:00 PM PDT by R.W.Ratikal

Investigators are said to believe that both planes should have been flying at different altitudes and that human error, by the Legacy jet’s pilots as well as air traffic controllers, resulted in the Legacy flying towards the jungle city of Manaus at 37,000ft rather than 36,000ft.

I find it hard to believe an investigator would make a statement like this so soon in the process.

5 posted on 10/04/2006 3:58:16 PM PDT by Niteranger68 (I gigged your peace frog.)

WABC radio constantly reporting on this plane crash neglected to even mention tht another plane was involved.

Sins of omission and sins of commission par for the course when they have to protect their own. NYSlimes reporter on board.

7 posted on 10/04/2006 4:10:43 PM PDT by OldFriend (Should we wait for them to come and kill us again? President Karzai 9/26/06)

Third World scapegoat time....

10 posted on 10/04/2006 5:20:32 PM PDT by GVnana (Former Alias: GVgirl)

Pilots of jet that struck Brazilian plane may face manslaughter charge
Updated 10/4/2006 1:00 PM ET
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The American pilots of an executive jet could be charged with manslaughter if they are considered responsible for a high-altitude crash with a Boeing 737 that killed 155 people, federal police said Wednesday.

Police earlier seized the passports of pilots Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino, both from New York state, to prevent them from leaving the country.

The two were piloting the Brazilian-made Embraer Legacy 600 when it collided with a Boeing 737-800 over Mato Grosso state in the Amazon rain forest. The Boeing crashed, killing all 155 aboard. The Legacy landed safely at an air force base.

"We have received an order from the Federal Prosecutor's Office in Mato Grosso to begin investigating the possible commission of a crime inside the aircraft," said Geraldo Pereira, acting director of the Federal Police in Mato Grosso, speaking by phone.

"We will start investigating if the two pilots caused the accident and if they are considered guilty they could be charged with involuntary manslaughter," Pereira said........

excerpt: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-10-04-brazil-jet_x.htm?csp=34

19 posted on 10/05/2006 6:16:20 AM PDT by KeyLargo

WAITAMINUTE! They can keep the journalist from the NYT and let the pilots go......problem solved.

23 posted on 10/05/2006 6:46:07 AM PDT by rrrod

Ran across this article from ~2 weeks ago - Two U.S. Pilots Criticized in Brazil / Details of Probe Fuel Anger Over Deadly Midair Collision - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/11/AR2006101101910.html

58 posted on 10/25/2006 9:40:58 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy ("Everyone knows there's a difference between Muslims and terrorists. No one knows what it is, tho...)

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