The Voepass Airways aircraft that crashed and killed all 62 folks on board had a failed de-icing system a yr earlier than the tragedy.
A photograph of the identical plane from July 2023 confirmed that the ATR-72-500 turboprop aircraft’s de-icing system was labeled ‘inoperative,’ TV Globo reported.
The system is a crucial part of the plane, permitting the removing of ice from the airplane.
One other undated image of a special additionally had a yellow sticker that additionally indicated that the de-icing system was additionally ‘inoperative.’
TV Globo information journal program Fantastico was capable of achieve entry to earlier images taken in July 2023 contained in the Voepass Airways airplane that crashed and killed all 62 passengers on board on August 9. The picture proven right here revealed that the de-icing system was ‘inoperative’
Aerial view of the Voepass airplane wreckage subsequent to the condominium the place it crashed Friday in Vinhedo, a metropolis within the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo. All 58 passengers and 4 crew members had been killed
Fantastico was additionally capable of receive a 3rd photograph taken contained in the cockpit of a special airplane that exposed that the gas degree indicator was additionally deemed not functioning.
A fourth image that was reportedly taken August 1, per week earlier than the tragic accident, confirmed that that knob on the aircraft’s efficiency monitor was lacking.
The knob would enable the pilot to register the plane’s general weight and the methods transmits information that confirms if the efficiency within the air is right and if ice is limiting the flight.
In a press release to Fantastico, Voepass Airways mentioned that the entire working points with the de-icing system that had been detected in July 2023 had been all mounted.
A second undated photograph that was obtained by TV Globo’s information journal present Fantastico indicated that the de-icing system of a Voepass Airways plane was ‘inoperative’
One of many footage that TV Globo’s Fantastico obtained revealed {that a} Voepass Airways airplane’s gas degree indicator was inoperative
A photograph taken August 1, confirmed that that knob on the aircraft’s efficiency monitor was lacking. It permits the pilot to register the plane’s general weight. The system transmits information confirming if the efficiency within the air is right and if ice is limiting the flight
The air service added that Flight 2283’s flight working system was functioning on the time of the accident.
Voepass Airways mentioned that it’s awaiting the outcomes of a full investigation to find out the reason for the incident.
Voepass Flight 2283 took off from Cascavel Regional Airport at 11:46 a.m. in Cascavel, Paraná and was certain for São Paulo/Guarulhos Worldwide Airport in São Paulo.
Mobile phone footage shared by residents confirmed the airplane spinning within the sky because it plummeted into the yard of a condominium constructing.
