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3. They were never convicted of anything in the US

Tue May 27, 2014, 05:59 PM

May 2014

Brazil air traffic control assigned them the altitude which resulted in a collision with another aircraft that was also assigned the same altitude. The NTSB found a series of fuckups by Brazil ATC.

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ntsb-loss-of-39effective-air-traffic-control39-at-root-of-2006-legacy-600-gol-737-320034/

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Brazil prosecutors want American pilots in prison [View all] Judi Lynn May 2014 OP

Were they convicted of the same crime in the USA? Adrahil May 2014 #1

They were never convicted of anything in the US Major Nikon May 2014 #3

Hmmm so what is the how "sentenced in the USA" about? [updated] Adrahil May 2014 #4

The footrest is close to the instrument panel Major Nikon May 2014 #6

That makes much more sense. groundloop May 2014 #9

That's because they have politicized their accident investigations Major Nikon May 2014 #10

Much better article here OKNancy May 2014 #2