Consultants mentioned the crash may have been brought on by quite a lot of components. (doc)
Rio de Janeiro:
On Friday, an ATR-72 turboprop plane operated by regional airline Voepass crashed in a residential space close to Sao Paulo, Brazil, killing all 62 passengers on board.
Investigators have discovered the aircraft’s so-called black field, which incorporates audio recordings and flight knowledge, and a preliminary report is predicted to be launched inside 30 days, the pinnacle of Brazil’s aviation accident investigation middle, Senipa, mentioned on Sunday.
How did the accident occur?
The aircraft, which was flying from Cascavel in Paraná state to São Paulo, crashed at round 1:30 pm (1630 GMT) in Vignedo, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of São Paulo.
The aircraft flew usually till 1:21 p.m., when it stopped responding to calls and radar contact was misplaced at 1:22 p.m., the Brazilian Air Drive mentioned in an announcement. The plane didn’t report any emergency.
Video of the incident reveals the sky was apparently clear when the aircraft started circling in an uncommon circling movement.
What do specialists search for?
U.S. aviation security professional Anthony Brickhouse mentioned investigators will take a look at facets comparable to climate and study the extent to which engines and controls had been functioning correctly to assist decide the reason for the lack of management.
Did climate situations contribute to the crash?
Video of the crash analyzed by aviation specialists has led some to take a position that ice shaped on the aircraft. On Friday, Wopas mentioned icing was anticipated at plane altitudes however must be inside acceptable ranges.
Brazilian aviation engineer and crash investigator Celso Faria de Souza mentioned from the footage he was nearly sure ice was a reason for the crash.
The ATR-72 plane has encountered icing issues earlier than. In 1994, a crash occurred in Indiana, USA, killing 68 folks. The explanation was that the plane couldn’t tilt as a consequence of ice. After that incident, producer ATR improved its de-icing system. In Norway in 2016, an ATR-72 plane skilled issues as a consequence of ice accumulation, however the pilot was capable of regain management of the plane.
Will the engine fail?
John Hansman, a professor in MIT’s Division of Aeronautics and Astronautics, reviewed some footage of the Brazilian crash shared on social media and mentioned, with out taking a look at flight knowledge, that the crash didn’t look like brought on by climate.
Hansmann mentioned it was potential that one engine failed and the crew mishandled it, inflicting it to spin downward.
Are there prone to be a number of factors of failure?
Consultants mentioned the crash may have been brought on by quite a lot of components. These may embody icing, engine failure or human error. Robert A. Clifford, an lawyer representing a number of the households of these killed within the 1994 crash, mentioned that in lots of circumstances there’s a couple of trigger.
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