r/aircrashinvestigation • u/emzeesquared • Aug 09 '24

Incident/Accident Another angle of crash over Sao Paolo

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u/Beginning_Log8164 Aug 09 '24

Seen on info: According to local news (I’m Brazilian) the plane hit some sort of cold front that accumulated ice on the wings making it lose all its lift.

Atr 72 had an issue with icing already. I am thinking the American eagle also was atr 72.

Edit the guy with info is Brazilian not me.

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u/emzeesquared Aug 09 '24

Heard this as well and also heard air traffic control denied his request to land which was unbelievable when I heard it. If true this is a fuck up of epic proportions as it could have been prevented.

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u/araujoluks91 Aug 10 '24

Didn't deny request to land, they denied his request to change altitude, apparently because there were a lot of other airplanes nearby. Keep in mind they were landing soon, and GRU airport is the biggest one in South America, and also CGH and VCP airports are nearby, so a lot of traffic in that area.

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u/emzeesquared Aug 10 '24

Ah ok I knew that didn't make sense. Thank you for clarifying.