Brazil pilots allowed to leave country in 72 hours....

[Zipperhead]

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A court said Tuesday it had released the passports of two U.S. pilots of a private jet involved in a collision with a Boeing 737 over the Amazon that killed 154 people.
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The Federal Regional Court of the First Region of Brasilia said that it unanimously agreed to return the passports of Joseph Lepore, 42, of Bay Shore, N.Y., and Jan Paladino, 34, of Westhampton Beach, N.Y.
They can pick up their passports in 72 hours and leave Brazil, but must agree to return to Brazil for further inquiry and judicial action, the court said on its Web site.
The Americans were piloting a Brazilian-made Legacy executive jet when it collided Sept. 29 with a Gol Airlines Boeing 737-800. All 154 people on board the Gol flight were killed, while the none of the seven people on board the Legacy were injured.




VERY GOOD NEWS

 

[jonjuan]

Good Lord. Anyway you can edit it down so that it doesn't show up 2 screens wide?
Either way, I hope they are flying back in F and plan on doing some heavy drinking.
I guess they won't be making any future vacation plans in Brazil. Have to come back? Yeah right, I'll promise.

 

[i'mbatman]

Wow.....I actually just recieved a reply from my congressman(pete king-NY) regarding our grassroot effort this afternoon! Good to hear they are going home!

 

[AA717driver]

Hope someone is sending a GV down to get them. TC

 

[Tomct]

Glad To Hear IT!!!

 

[Zipperhead]

Good Lord. Anyway you can edit it down so that it doesn't show up 2 screens wide?
Either way, I hope they are flying back in F and plan on doing some heavy drinking.
I guess they won't be making any future vacation plans in Brazil. Have to come back? Yeah right, I'll promise.

Jeez Jonjuan,, sorry i didn't meet your high standards of editing!!

 

[Irishav8r]

Pilots to be Charged

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- Brazilian federal police on Friday charged two New York pilots involved in a collision that killed 154 people with exposing an aircraft to danger.
The charges could carry a penalty of 12 years in prison.
Joseph Lepore, 42, of Bay Shore, and Jan Paladino, 34, Westhampton Beach, were questioned by police for six hours and then were allowed to pick up their passports and leave the country, but they are required to return for their trial.
The two pilots told police they would reply in court, and did not speak to media after questioning.
Police had seized their passports after the September 29 crash to prevent them from leaving the country, and they had been staying in a hotel on Rio's Copacabana Beach. But a Brazilian court released their passports this week, saying there were no legal grounds for restricting their movements.
Lepore and Paladino were piloting a Brazilian-made Legacy executive jet when it collided with a Gol Airlines Boeing 737-800 heading south over the Amazon jungle. All 154 people aboard the Gol flight were killed, while the Legacy landed safely with all seven people aboard unharmed.
The Legacy, owned by ExcelAire of Ronkonkoma, New York, was heading northwest on its maiden voyage from the southern city of Sao Jose dos Campos to the United States when the accident occurred at an altitude of 37,000 feet, usually reserved for flights headed in the opposite direction.
Transcripts suggest the Legacy had been authorized by the tower in Sao Jose dos Campos to fly at 37,000 feet to Manaus, although that contradicted the plane's original flight plan.
Warning systems failed on both planes before they collided, an air force investigator said last month.
Air traffic controllers believed the Legacy was flying at 36,000 feet at the time it collided with Gol Flight 1907, Brig. Gen. Luiz Carlos da Silva Bueno recently told a Senate committee.
But "at departure, air traffic control cleared the Legacy to Manaus at 37,000 feet," ExcelAire lawyer Robert Torricella said at the time. "Absent a contrary clearance by air traffic control, the Legacy was required to remain at that altitude."
The lawyer for the pilots, former Justice Minister Jose Carlos Dias, said the pilots picked up their passports and were taken to Guarulhos airport for a charter flight to the United States.
Dias called the police decision "biased" and "discriminatory," and said police were simply "looking for someone to blame for the crime." He added that if the factors leading to the fatal collision were considered unintentional, the maximum penalty would fall to four years in prison.

 

[Princedietrich]

Just saw that on CNN.com. Looks like Brazil is going to go down fighting in order to not admit that this was a case of controller error.

 

[JCJ]

Time for a boycott IMHO

 

[motch]

Welcome home Gentleman. Long time coming. Enjoy the Holidays with your Families... Hope the letters to the poloticians helped.

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Motch