Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

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Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Wed Aug 13, 2014 3:55 pm

plane crash kills Brazilian presidential candidate

http://twitter.com/PzFeed/status/499584073896329217

someone got more info?

Thanks

[Edited 2014-08-13 08:57:50]
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RE: Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Wed Aug 13, 2014 3:58 pm

Geez. Any more details? What plane was it? How did it happen?
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RE: Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Wed Aug 13, 2014 3:59 pm

http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20140813-0
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RE: Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Wed Aug 13, 2014 4:00 pm

Some more here.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-28778604

The Cessna 560XL plane had taken off from Rio de Janeiro's domestic airport and was heading to the city of Guaruja, near Santos, the Brazilian Air Force said.
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RE: Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Wed Aug 13, 2014 4:02 pm

A bit more here:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-0...cern-candidate-in-plane-crash.html
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RE: Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Wed Aug 13, 2014 4:30 pm

first pics coming up


[Edited 2014-08-13 09:46:21]

[Edited 2014-08-13 09:46:35]
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RE: Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Wed Aug 13, 2014 4:43 pm

Are you sure that's the right photo; kind of looks like that AH-64 that crashed into a building in Taiwan a few months back?
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RE: Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Wed Aug 13, 2014 4:45 pm

Yes, that image is an AH-64. I'm guessing someone googled crashed images and tried to associate it with the crash.

Edit: Nevermind, now it's a picture of the crash site.

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RE: Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Wed Aug 13, 2014 4:47 pm

Quoting kaitak (Reply 6):
Quoting Karadion (Reply 7):

changed it sorry
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RE: Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Wed Aug 13, 2014 4:48 pm

What is the terrain like in the region? How was the weather? Any possibility of sabotage?
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RE: Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Wed Aug 13, 2014 4:53 pm

Plane was PR-AFA:

https://www.airliners.net/search/phot...gsearch=PR-AFA&distinct_entry=true
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RE: Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Wed Aug 13, 2014 5:13 pm

Quoting rg787 (Reply 9):
What is the terrain like in the region? How was the weather? Any possibility of sabotage?

Apparently poor visibility led the pilot to perform a go around, leading to the accident. No further detail nor any idea how reliable this info is.
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RE: Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Wed Aug 13, 2014 5:21 pm

Quoting rg787 (Reply 9):
What is the terrain like in the region? How was the weather? Any possibility of sabotage?

Heavy thunderstorms are moving through the area so weather could be a factor. Santos has a barely used 5,000ft runway at sea level. There are mountains a few thousand feet high in the general region, but nothing directly near the airport. The airport is very small with no commercial traffic. There are no visual aids, lights, ILS or anything else to help a pilot land at the airport.
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RE: Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Wed Aug 13, 2014 5:38 pm

Google Maps location of the airport: -23.928219, -46.300159
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RE: Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Wed Aug 13, 2014 5:51 pm

According to Globo tv: local witness says the plane had visible flames all around it before crashing ("a ball of fire...")

On another webiste (terra): a family member said they had info that the plane hit a helicopter before crashing (but no other place confirmed it here).

Is it possible that a family member received this info so early? sounds wierd no one else is reporting this.
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RE: Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Wed Aug 13, 2014 7:37 pm

And here's the approximate location of the accident: -23.959278, -46.326614
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RE: Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Wed Aug 13, 2014 7:48 pm

Credible sources of information in Brazil:

www.oglobo.com.br
www.estadao.com.br
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RE: Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:57 pm

According to this article,one of the pilots (I assume the plane was crewed by two people) posted on his Facebook profile that he was "Tired of flying". Since I don't speak Portuguese, I had to use Google Translate. I imagine he was exhausted due to a busy schedule?

http://politica.estadao.com.br/notic...isse-estar-cansado-de-voar,1543412
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RE: Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:57 am

Very sad.

As said, he was running for the Presidency and went to Rio for an interview on the most prestige weekday news program of the Brazilian TV. Young, humble and family oriented, Mr. Campos probably would not win the election but i have no doubt that he would win in the future. RIP !

In the news, the contact between the pilot and the ATC at the time they decided to abort landing do not show anything wrong and his voice was normal (calm). No stress at all ! Interesting to imagine what took PR-AFA down.
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RE: Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Thu Aug 14, 2014 3:29 am

Am I wrong to think that some failure has to have happened in this accident? Maybe a bird strike I don't know, but is it right to assume that the aircraft didn't hit anything?
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RE: Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Thu Aug 14, 2014 1:28 pm

Quoting rg787 (Reply 19):
Am I wrong to think that some failure has to have happened in this accident? Maybe a bird strike I don't know, but is it right to assume that the aircraft didn't hit anything?

I'm afraid it's impossible to assume anything at the moment. Only the investigation will reveal what really happened.

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RE: Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Wed Aug 20, 2014 12:50 pm

There is a video of the crash: http://mais.uol.com.br/view/15167562
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RE: Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Wed Aug 20, 2014 1:36 pm

That video is really shocking. Vertical dive into the ground! Horrible.
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RE: Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Wed Aug 20, 2014 1:53 pm

Quoting famfflores (Reply 21):
There is a video of the crash:

If this is credible then:
- I saw non of the "flames" reported.
- The aircraft looks to be slightly inverted in a near vertical dive
- No obvious structural defects - I see both wings, both engines, most of the tail (can't clearly identify right horizontal stab)
- Relatively low overcast.

Has the appearances of a loss of control/vertigo type accident. Possible loss of spatial orientation in the clouds.

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RE: Plane Crash Kills Brazilian Presidential Candidate

Wed Aug 20, 2014 5:04 pm

I thought from the start (go around) that it was spatial disorientation, and seeing it looking inverted seems to confirm it.
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