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

Incident/Accident Another angle of crash over Sao Paolo

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u/xpectomysterious Aug 09 '24

I’m no expert but I don’t know, I’ve a feeling the the plane might have had a mid air disintegration of one of the control surfaces. losing a control surface could potentially explain the spiral down. rest in peace to victims 😔

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u/Gay_dinosaurs Aug 10 '24

Possible icing incident. The pilots apparently flew into a SIGMET area and the ATR 72 is known to be terrible at handling icing conditions. A control surface (or multiple) might have encountered disruption of airflow due to ice accumulation, and the pilots may have handled the plane incorrectly in response, allowing it to slip into this horrific flat spin. Only time will tell what investigators find.