Remember the mid-air collision between the bizjet and 737 in Brazil a few months ago? If not, here's background. The two American pilots remain under house arrest in Brazil, which evidently could persist for 10 more months. Some might say, hey, it's Rio! How bad could that be? Sure, but being held against your will feels the same anywhere.
Their lawyer, Robert Torricella (not to be confused with Robert Torricelli the Democrat politician from New Jersey) claims the data uncovered so far exonerates them and they weren't doing aerobatics contrary to what some Brazilian officials said. The scapegoat solution is still alive.
Their detention appears to be part of a troubling trend. The aviation newsletter Avweb this morning linked to this resolution put forth by a multinational group of aviation industry organizations that details many other cases where criminal, not civil, charges have been filed against individuals in what appear to be accidental crashes. It's not hard to imagine how certain politicians or tinhorns might use such an instrument to their personal advantage.
That's not to say negligence lawsuits should be taken out of play--the spectre of such litigation tends to keep people accountable. But as they say, accidents do happen, and most of the time they are easier blamed on Murphy.
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In other aviation news.. on December 21st the government will be releasing a confiscated hotel video that purports to show Flight 77 actually hitting the Pentagon. I'm sure the Nutty Professors for 9/11 truth will have an answer.
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