from O'Globo news, yesterday
Oct 28 2006
LEGACY WAS AT 37 THOUSAND FEET WITH AUTHORIZATION, LAWYER SAYS
It was the control of flight of São José dos Campos that authorized the executive jet Legacy, that was shocked with a Gol Boeing on September 29, to be in the altitude of 37 thousand feet to Manaus. The information belongs to the American Robert Torricella, lawyer of ExcelAire (company owner of Legacy) in the United States and who coordinates the pilots' defense, in interview to the magazine “Veja” of this week. It was the first time that one of the pilots' lawyers showed openly on the case, according to the magazine "Veja". According to Torricella, the authorization was given by the tower a little before Legacy to take off.
"In the deposition to the Civil Police, the pilots had statement exactly that: they flew to 37 thousand feet, with authorization of the air traffic control", told to G1 Theodomiro Dias Neto, pled responsible criminologist lawyer by the case in Brazil. The pilots' version given to the Civil Police was shown by the "Fantastic" on October 8 (reads the text of the report of the "Fantastic"
here).
The statement of Torricella confirms the theory shown already by G1 that the one that is worth is the plan of authorized flight for the control tower a little before the takeoff, and not the flight plan that is in the paper.
Note: G1 is O'Globo news.
Source:
http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Brasil/...98-295,00.html