[OldFriend]

This does not comport with a report I heard yesterday. That the small plane pilot was ordered to descend and did not.

[doodad]

I heard they did not descend as well. Hopefully, a link will emerge. If true, these guys are toast.

[CarryaBigStick]

"When air traffic control realised the problem it could not contact the Brazilian-made Legacy, which was in an area over the rainforest where controllers cannot contact planes by radio."

Let's see, the pilots of the Embraer Legacy 600 were directed to descend in a part of the airspace where radio communications with controllers was stated to be less than optimal. They may have never heard the directive/clearance, and the controllers may have assigned them the wrong FL from a previously assigned clearance...much more than meets the eye here, and it smells a bit like CYA on ATC's part to me at this time...