Ruschel underwent spinal surgery, and Neto had severe trauma to his skull, thorax and lungs. The NTSB added that the design of the Embraer's avionics is such that the non-functioning of the TCAS that apparently occurred is shown by a small static white text message, which may not be noticeable by the flight crew. Brasília Center unsuccessfully attempted to effect a handoff of the Embraer to Amazonic Center at 16:53, by calling the Embraer in the blind.The Embraer, on the other hand, started calling Brasília Center,At 16:59:50, about three minutes after the collision, Amazonic Center started to receive the Embraer's secondary radar reply, with its correct altitude and last assigned code.The Embraer started calling on the emergency frequency, 121.5 MHz, immediately after the collision, but as it was later determined in the CENIPA report, the emergency At 17:01:06 the Embraer established contact on the emergency frequency with a At 17:18:03 the Embraer contacted the Cachimbo Airport control tower directly to coordinate its emergency landing there, and landed safely at Cachimbo at 17:23:00.Gol 1907 took off from Manaus at 15:35, flying southeast-bound along UZ6 and reaching FL370 at 15:58, 23 minutes later, where it remained until the collision.
All the victims had been recovered and identified by Once the black boxes and communication transcripts were obtained, the investigators interviewed the Legacy jet's flight crew and the air traffic controllers, trying to piece together the scenario which allowed two modern jet aircraft, equipped with the latest anti-collision gear, to collide with each other while on The Embraer's flight plan consisted of flying at FL370 up to Brasília,The Embraer's crew asserted in their depositions and subsequent interviews that they were cleared by November Six Zero Zero X-ray Lima, ATC clearance to Eduardo Gomes, flight level three seven zero direct Poços de Caldas, The Embraer's crew's altitude clearance to FL370 was further confirmed after their handoff to Brasília, during which they had the following radio exchange with ATC at 15:51.This was the last two-way radio communication between the Embraer's crew and ATC prior to the collision. Santos will remain free pending the outcome of the appeal process. More details to come. There were six crew members and 148 passengers on board the Boeing airliner.The twin turbofan Embraer Legacy 600 business jet, serial number 965 and registration N600XL, newly built by Embraer and purchased by The ExcelAire flight crew consisted of Captain Joseph Lepore, 42, and First Officer Jan Paul Paladino, 34, both U.S. citizens.Two of the five passengers were Embraer employees, two were ExcelAire executives, and the fifth passenger was The Embraer jet, despite serious damage to the left And it had been a nice ride. Media caption The BBC's Julia Carneiro says three days of national mourning have been declared. This led to increasing resentment by the controllers and exacerbated their already poor labor relations with their military superiors.Amid rising tensions, the air traffic controllers began staging a series of work actions, including slowdowns, walkouts, and even a On 26 July 2007, after an even deadlier crash in Brazil (On 6 November 2006, the families of ten of the deceased filed a lawsuit for negligence against "Canada was selected by CENIPA as a "neutral site" for the FDR/CVR analysis, due to the sensitive political aspects of this investigation.The Teres fix is located on airway UZ6 at coordinates 12°28.5'S, 51°22.1'W, see: Loss of secondary radar indicates to a controller that the aircraft's transponder signal is not being received by ATC.According to CENIPA, the last transmission from ATC that was recorded on the Embraer's CVR was at 16:23:29, approximately 25 minutes before the Embraer's first officer tried to call ATC. Freddy Bonilla, a civil aviation official in Colombia said the electrical fault could have been caused by lack of fuel.Both flight recorders, which could provide essential information into what happened, have been recovered. Chapecoense plane crash: The victims, the survivors and those left behind Chapecoense plane crash: A tragedy for journalism in Brazil Chapecoense: Brazil plane crash football team 'a fairytale story with tragic ending' Brazil's Chapecoense football team in Colombia plane crash There were no known attempts by ATC to warn Flight 1907 of the conflicting traffic.Preliminary findings in the ongoing investigation indicate that, for reasons yet to be determined, the collision avoidance system in the Legacy airplane was not functioning at the time of the accident, thereby disabling the system's ability to detect and be detected by conflicting traffic. A Brazilian federal court on Monday upheld the conviction of two U.S. pilots for their role in Brazil's second-worst airline disaster, a 2006 midair collision over the Amazon in which 154 people died.