Cenipa publishes the final result of the investigation into the Voepass plane crash in Vinhedo Gabriella Ramos/g1 The Aeronautical Accident Investigation and Prevention Center (Cenipa) released this Thursday (23) the final report on the Voepass plane crash in Vinhedo (SP), which killed 62 people in August 2024. The victims' families had access to the document before it was released during a press conference and reported a feeling of indignation. Among the participants at the meeting was Eduarda Hübner, who lost her parents Nélvio José Hübner and Gracinda Marina Castelo da Silva in the tragedy. According to her, the feeling is one of anguish and anger because the "air accident could have been avoided". "Several people colluding with the wrong way of dealing with everything. So, for us, it's been very difficult to digest this, you know? My parents were very correct people, I grew up having this example at home, of doing the right thing, of fighting for the right thing, and seeing that they left in that way", he commented. Eduarda stated that she will await the report from the Federal Police, in the investigation that determines criminal responsibilities in the accident, to seek justice. “Something that is very difficult to achieve in this country,” he added. Nélvio and Gracinda had been married for 25 years Personal archive In turn, Elizabeth Redivo, mother of the victim Ana Caroline Redivo, also reported a feeling of anger and criticized Voepass' culture regarding aircraft maintenance. "That aircraft was scrapped, it couldn't be in the air, it should have already been in the scrapyard and was still there. It was thrown, it was thrown, due to greed, negligence, money, anyway, and so on. And a lack of supervision too", he criticized. Elizabeth also demanded that supervisory bodies act more effectively in relation to aircraft maintenance. "It's no use just having laws, there must be supervision for these laws," he said. Elizabeth demanded inspection of aircraft Reproduction/EPTV The final report brings together the conclusions of the technical investigation conducted by the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) to identify the factors that contributed to the accident. In a statement, Voepass said that the company will comment later, after it has access to the full document. 'Beginning of a cycle of struggle' The mother of doctor and victim Arianne Risso, Fátima Albuquerque, stated that the release of the final report means the "end of a cycle", but also the "beginning of a cycle of struggle". In her assessment, the document confirmed Voepass's failures. "More angry, more indignant, but also more firm to fight for justice. Mainly a moral, Christian obligation to use our pain so that this tragedy does not happen again", he commented. Fátima endorsed Cenipa's assessment of a "culture of normalizing deviations" and asked for the work of the National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac) to be reinforced. "That company had repeatedly committed crimes, so it had a lot of fines. We need to strengthen Anac in order to have more supervision, so it needs more money, it needs more professionals, it needs more training", he added. Fátima Albuquerque asked for Anac's work to be reinforced Reproduction/EPTV In a statement, Anac said that Anac will analyze the recommendations made by Cenipa. The evaluation period is up to four months. "The investigations conducted by Cenipa are exclusively preventive in nature and are not intended to attribute blame or liability, but to identify factors that contributed to the accident and make recommendations to improve the civil aviation operational safety system." highlighted. What the final report process was like Voepass plane had breakdowns on flights before the accident that killed 62 people Throughout the investigation, the agency carried out dozens of tests to reconstruct the flight and understand the sequence of events that led to the crash of the aircraft. ?? Among the main works carried out are: analysis of the two black boxes (cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder); complete reconstruction of the flight, including commands made by the pilots and alerts issued by the aircraft; examinations of engines and deicing and stall protection systems; analysis of meteorological conditions recorded on the day of the accident; interviews with pilots, mechanics, dispatchers and crew members’ families; study of more than 15 thousand flights carried out by aircraft from the same company fleet; tests in simulators and an experimental flight with another ATR 72-500; analysis of maintenance records, pilots' medical certificates and other technical documents. According to Cenipa, equipment responsible for controlling different aircraft systems and even the lamps on the plane's panels were also analyzed to check which were on at the time of the crash. Plane debris in Vinhedo (SP) this Saturday, August 10, 2024 Nelson Almeida/AFP International review Before publication, the report went through the steps set out in the international protocol for investigations of aviation accidents. The document was analyzed: by the Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile (BEA), from France, the country responsible for the design and manufacture of the ATR 72-500; and by the Transportation Safety Board (TSB), of Canada, responsible for designing the aircraft's engines. Does the report point to culprits? No. Cenipa's investigation has a preventive nature and seeks to identify the factors that contributed to the accident, in addition to issuing recommendations to increase aviation safety. The report does not define civil or criminal liability. Black box from the aircraft that crashed in Vinhedo (SP). Disclosure/FAB Criminal investigation is also in the final stretch. Parallel to Cenipa's work, the Federal Police is conducting an investigation to determine whether there were crimes and those responsible for the tragedy. At the end of June, family representatives had access for the first time to the transcript of the conversations re