The last words of the pilots of the doomed passenger jet that crashed in Brazil killing everyone on board have been revealed after the plane’s black box was found.
The discovery means investigators now have the ‘full transcript’ from the cockpit voice recorder of the Voepass Airlines plane that crashed last Friday.
The transcript indicates the pilot and copilot noticed a steep loss of altitude about one minute before the crash, local TV station Globo reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed people from the investigation.
THE LAST WORDS OF THE PILOT
The two-hour recording reveals the copilot asked the pilot ‘what is going on?’, and saying the plane needed ‘more power’ to be stabilized.
Brazil’s aviation accident investigation center, Cenipa, did not comment on the content of TV Globo’s report.
The plane, an ATR-72 turboprop from local airline Voepass, was bound for Sao Paulo from Cascavel, in the southern state of Parana, and crashed at around 1.30pm local time in the town of Vinhedo.
The crash killed all on board but no one on the ground was hurt.
A video shared on social media after the accident showed the aircraft spinning out of control as it plunged down behind a cluster of trees near houses, sending a large plume of black smoke into the air.
Metsul, one of Brazil’s most respected meteorological companies, said on Friday that there were reports of severe icing in Sao Paulo state around the time of the crash.
Local media cited experts pointing to that as a potential cause, although others cautioned against jumping to a conclusion, urging to wait for the outcome of the official investigation.
