Description: An EMBRAER Legacy executive jet and a Boeing 737-800 airliner jetplane crashed in the air (37,000 ft).
The executive jet could land on a near air base (Cachimbo), but the 737 was destroyed, with 149 passenger and 6 crew members, no-one survived.
737-800 pilot: Commander Decio Chaves Junior
737-800 co-pilot: Thiago Jordao Caruso
Legacy Pilot: Commander Joseph Lepore
Legacy Co-pilot: Jan-Paul Paladino
Available crash site photos:
http://www.fab.mil.br/imprensa/Noticias/2006/imagens/10_out/0210/02.jpg
http://www.fab.mil.br/imprensa/Noticias/2006/imagens/10_out/0210/04.jpg
http://www.fab.mil.br/imprensa/Noticias/2006/imagens/10_out/0210/11.jpg
(Source: FAB - Brazilian Air Force) |