Accidents
Brazil Midair Marks Second Anniversary with Open Questions
Two years after the collision between an Embraer Legacy 600 and a Gol Boeing 737 sent the Brazilian airliner crashing into the Amazon forest with the loss

Two years after the collision between an Embraer Legacy 600 and a Gol Boeing 737 sent the Brazilian airliner crashing into the Amazon forest with the loss of 154 lives, key questions remain unanswered, but the safety cost of efforts to place blame are clear.

The principal puzzles in the crash are why both aircraft were at the same altitude, why the Legacy’s transponder was not operating, and why the Legacy and ground control remained out of radio contact for close to an hour.

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