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Brake Failure, Pilot Panic in Brazilian Jet

(Newser Summary) – Panicked pilots of a doomed Brazilian plane are heard struggling to control the aircraft speeding down a rain-slicked runway in transcripts  of a cockpit tape released yesterday. "Slow down! Turn, turn, turn!" screams the co-pilot. "I can't," says the pilot. "Oh my God! Oh my God!" The plane crashed, killing 200 people.

Transcripts suggest that failure of the aerodynamic braking system or pilot error may have contributed to the crash. That takes some heat off the Brazilian government, under fire for chaos in its air transport system and failure to upgrade the problematic runway. "That is the classic aircraft accident. Not just one thing caused it, but rather a cascading series of events," said one safety expert.
Source: Associated Press

elsewhere:

Terror on Flight 3054

 Pilot error also suggested as a cause of crash Reuters

More about:  plane crash • accident • crash • airline safety • Sao Paulo • brakes • planes • TAM • Congonhas

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Firefighters try to extinguish a fire Wednesday, July 18, 2007, at the site where a TAM airlines commercial jet crashed in Sao Paulo. The plane with as many as 170 people aboard crashed and burst into...   (Associated Press)
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Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at the site where a TAM airlines commercial jet crashed in Sao Paulo, Tuesday, July 17, 2007. The plane with as many as 170 people aboard crashed and burst into flames...   (Associated Press)
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Firefighters are seen near the site where a TAM airlines commercial jet crashed in Sao Paulo, Tuesday, July 17, 2007. The plane with as many as 170 people aboard crashed and burst into flames in Sao Paulo...   (Associated Press)
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