Voepass: chief of pilots should be one of those indicted for plane crash The Federal Police (PF) report on the crash of the Voepass plane, which killed 62 people, in Vinhedo (SP), in August 2024, reveals that the accident was preceded by a succession of recurring failures that involved different pilots and the operational dispatcher, a professional who works on the ground and assists in flight planning. According to experts, previous crews omitted serious problems in the technical logbook to prevent the aircraft from being stopped, while the Flight Operational Dispatcher (DOV) authorized takeoff even with mandatory equipment inoperative and severe ice forecast on the route. Exclusive: Chief of pilots will be one of those held responsible for Voepass plane crash The PF analysis showed that the crew lived with failures in the deicing system, and the audio from the black box revealed the pilot complaining before the crash: "This shit isn't working, right?". The PF report highlighted that pilots on previous flights, including the crew that crashed in Vinhedo, experienced failures in the deicing system and did not record it in the Logbook (TLB), reporting the problem only verbally to maintenance to prevent the plane from being stopped. The conclusion is that the "absence of records of these recurring failures in the TLBs of previous flights represents a direct breach of the responsibilities assigned to the crews, who, according to operational and maintenance procedures, have the duty to record discrepancies, failures, anomalies, persistent alerts or system resets observed during the flight or in pre- and post-flight checks". Excerpts from the conclusion about the pilots' routine: "This record is not optional: it constitutes the formal basis for airworthiness assessment, guides corrective maintenance, prevents aircraft from taking off with untreated latent faults and supports the technical traceability required by the Approved Maintenance Program and by MEL itself."
Voepass accident: PF report points out errors by pilots and professionals who planned the flight that crashed in Vinhedo
Voepass: chief of pilots should be one of those indicted for plane crash The Federal Police (PF) report on the crash of the Voepass plane, which killed 62 people, in Vinhedo (SP), in August 2024, reveals that the...
'When crews on previous flights failed to record deicing system failures, they allowed repetitive and critical discrepancies to remain hidden, contributing to the pneumatically controlled deicing system continuing to operate with unresolved intermittences. Thus, by not adequately documenting events that were already occurring on a recurring basis, the previous crews interrupted the operational safety flow, preventing maintenance from intervening before the accident flight and compromising the integrity of the technical barrier designed precisely to avoid difficulties in severe ice conditions." READ ALSO: Voepass plane that crashed could not have taken off, points out Cenipa Voepass Accident: Cenipa cites personal conversations between pilots during the flight and 'forgetting' to activate the thaw Cenipa points out 'culture of normalization of deviations' at Voepass in report on 2024 accident Plane debris in Vinhedo (SP) this Saturday, August 10, 2024 Nelson Almeida/AFP Irregular dispatch The PF document highlights that, although not directly linked to the cause of the crash in Vinhedo, the dispatch of flight PTB2283 "did not respect the restrictions present in the list of minimum equipment, due to a formally reported failure that would prevent dispatch in those meteorological conditions." Among the problems that prevented takeoff was the inoperability of the windshield wiper due to the forecast of rain at the destination - a problem identified in the final report of the Aeronautical Accident Investigation and Prevention Center (Cenipa), of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). Conclusion After almost 200 pages, the conclusion of the Federal Police is: the tragedy was the result of a combination of recurring failures in the deicing, operation in an area of severe ice formation, failures in the execution of the procedures foreseen by the manufacturer and successive safety barriers that stopped working before the flight that ended with the death of 62 people. This Thursday (6), the PF will announce the conclusion of the investigation into the crash of the Voepass plane. The former head of Voepass pilots will be one of those held criminally responsible for the air tragedy. Rodrigues. According to reports from EPTV, an affiliate of TV Globo, other employees of the airline's administration will be indicted. Those indicted will face criminal charges, with the monitoring of the Federal Public Ministry (MPF). Cenipa Remember the accident The accident happened on August 9, 2024. The ATR 72-500, registration PS-VPB, was flying between Cascavel (PR) and Guarulhos International Airport (SP) when it crashed in the backyard of a house in a condominium in Vinhedo (SP). The 62 people on board, including 58 passengers and four crew members, died. No resident of the affected residence was injured. It was the most serious accident in Brazilian aviation since the TAM flight disaster in 2007. What Voepass says Voepass reported that the tragedy was the most difficult episode in the company's history and that, from the moment of the accident, it was in solidarity with the families of the victims and acts in a transparent manner with Cenipa and public authorities, available to collaborate with whatever is necessary. Furthermore, the company stated that it has always adopted serious safety, training and crew guidance procedures, with operations always based on international safety standards. Finally, he ensured that the crew of the flight that crashed was experienced, qualified and duly certified, with more than 5 thousand hours of flight and with technical training and monitoring of
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