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[Judi Lynn]

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Source: Associated Press

Brazil prosecutors want American pilots in prison
6:20 AM Wednesday May 28, 2014

SAO PAULO (AP) Brazilian federal prosecutors are seeking imprisonment for two American pilots involved in the 2006 crash of an airliner that resulted in 154 deaths.

In 2011, a federal judge ruled that pilots Joseph Lepore, and Jan Paladino were negligent for not verifying that anti-collision equipment and a device that would have alerted controllers to their location were functioning in their Embraer Legacy 600 executive jet. Both have both denied that accusation.

Prosecutor Lindora Maria Araujo says they should have appeared before a Brazilian judge.

While they were sentenced to four years in prison the sentence was converted into community service in the United States.

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