Engineer from Florianópolis Paulo Henrique Silva Alves was one of the 62 victims of the Voepass plane crash Reproduction/Social media The father of engineer Paulo Henrique Silva Alves, one of the 62 people who died in the Voepass plane crash in 2024, was present in person at the meeting at which the Aeronautical Accident Investigation and Prevention Center (Cenipa) released the report on the accident. Paulo Machado Alvez told g1 that it was challenging to remember the tragedy. "It was difficult to relive those moments of horror that our son went through." ?Click and follow the g1 SC channel on WhatsApp With the report, he longs for answers from the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC). "The pain will not go away because of a report. But we are waiting for a response from ANAC." Cenipa's final report defined recommendations for the institutions involved in the tragedy - including ATR, the French manufacturer of the aircraft, and ANAC - and drew conclusions about the plane crash. Regarding the presentation, Paulo highlighted highs and lows in relation to clarifications about the accident. "I thought the report was conclusive and did not omit ANAC's responsibility." "I also thought that the questions from the former Voepass pilot Almeida were not answered satisfactorily", he added. Voepass flight 2283 crashed on the afternoon of August 9, 2024 in a condominium in Vinhedo, during the route between Cascavel (PR) and Guarulhos (SP). The 62 people on board — 58 passengers and four crew — died. Paulo Henrique Silva Alves, born in Florianópolis, is among the victims of the plane that crashed in Vinhedo (SP) Mateus Pioner/Personal Archive Who was the engineer Paulo Henrique Silva Alves? Paulo was born in Florianópolis and worked at the Regional Engineering and Agronomy Council (CREA-SC), which issued a note of regret for the loss (see below). He was married for 15 years, a surfing fan, and fought jiu-jitsu in a gym in the neighboring city of São José. According to the Council, Paulo Henrique stood out for his work in the sanitation sector, managing a construction company together with his father. "In this moment of pain, CREA-SC, its directors, advisors and employees, sympathize with the engineer's family and friends, as well as the families of all the victims of the accident, expressing their most sincere condolences for the irreparable losses", says the statement. He was 40 years old when he died in the plane crash. Who were the residents of SC who were victims of a plane crash? What is Cenipa's conclusion about the accident? The result of the investigation was presented this Thursday (23) and concluded that failures by Voepass, the pilots and Anac inspection contributed to the crash. In total, 39 items were listed as investigation findings in the final document. See below a summary of them: Presence of severe icing: the plane encountered meteorological conditions of severe icing during the flight. This occurred during the ascent and persisted throughout the journey; De-icing system failure: the technical failure affected the system responsible for removing ice from the right wing; Disregard of critical warnings: the aircraft's monitoring system issued at least eight low speed warnings and degraded performance alerts, but the pilots did not carry out the emergency procedures provided for these situations; Lack of attention in the cockpit: conversations between pilots about personal matters, unrelated to the flight, took the focus away from monitoring the ice and instruments; Errors in the recovery attempt: when the aircraft lost lift and began to fall (stall), the copilot acted contrary to the manuals, pulling the stick instead of pushing it, which worsened the situation and prevented control recovery; Maintenance and records problems: the ATR 72-500 aircraft was released to fly with a technical failure in the de-icing system that was not recorded in the logbook, which prevented repairs; Lack of safety: Voepass had a culture of "normalizing deviations", in which pilots and mechanics did not report breakdowns in the logbook so that the planes could fly the following day; Insufficient supervision: the report points out that Anac's risk management process was not sufficient to prevent the accident; Details of the crash: the plane went into a flat spin (rotating on its own axis while falling vertically) and completed five turns before colliding with the ground. Speed ??of fall: With the loss of control, the speed of descent was 14 thousand feet per minute, equivalent to a fall of 4 kilometers every minute. Voepass accident: final report shows that the company, pilots and Anac failed VIDEOS: g1 SC's most watched in the last 7 days
'It's difficult to relive that moment': father of engineer killed in Voepass plane crash demands response from ANAC
Engineer from Florianópolis Paulo Henrique Silva Alves was one of the 62 victims of the Voepass plane crash Reproduction/Social media The father of engineer Paulo Henrique Silva Alves, one of the 62 people who died in...
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