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Passenger misses doomed Voepass flight for drinking coffee
Passenger Adriano Assis got delayed drinking coffee and missed the boarding call for the Voepass Linhas Aereas flight that plunged to the ground some 89 kilometers from its final destination at Sao Paulo's Guarulhos International Airport. Hence, the total number of casualties was corrected to 61 (57 passengers and 4 crew members) instead of 62. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesThey claim the accident occurred due to severe ice. I confess I don't understand.
Aug 10th, 2024 - 08:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/nacional/avioes-do-modelo-atr-como-o-que-caiu-nao-devem-voar-em-condicoes-de-gelo-severo-diz-especialista-a-cnn/
Not too hard to determine. What were the weather conditions in Cascavel and en route? If it was icing up on the ground, does Cascavel have de-icing equipment. Failure to de-ice, however, would likely cause a crash on takeoff and this flight was well underway and close to its destination. We simply have to wait for results from a competent investigation.
Aug 10th, 2024 - 11:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0Meanwhile, may God have mercy on the 61 souls, comfort their families and friends and someone give Mr Assis a lifetime pass for free coffee.
Pilot Pedro Santos, who flew from São Paulo to Ribeirão Preto also on Friday afternoon, said that, after taking off, ice was forecast when they reached heights of 15,000 feet to 25,000 feet and, when he reached these levels, he began to come across an ice formation on the wing. “Depending on the amount of ice that forms on the wing, we need to make an emergency descent to find a positive temperature and generate the melting of that ice. In our case, we managed to free these levels of ice quickly,” the commander told journalist Rodrigo Bocardi on Globonews
Aug 10th, 2024 - 02:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0source : g1 Campinas Metropolitan Area
as an aside the number of dead has increased to 62 I am not sure how one passenger was missed on the list released.
VOEPASS Linhas Aéreas informs the occurrence of an accident involving flight 2283 - plane PS - VPB, this Tuesday, August 9, in the region of Vinhedo/SP. The aircraft took off from Cascavel/PR bound for Guarulhos Airport, with 58 passengers and 4 crew members on board.
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Thanks for the explanation, MW and FH.
Aug 11th, 2024 - 08:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0Such a terrible tragedy , condolences to all the families who lost loved ones,
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