Somethings are clear
1. Heavy plane (62.7 ton).
2. Extra Fuel (3-4 ton)
3. Right reverse locked out (the pilots knew this)
4. Short runway (1940 m)
5. No escape zone
6. Wet runway (slippery the day before and the day of accident)
7. No grooving
8. Right engine pulling forward
9. Left engine in reverse
10. Ground spoilers did not work
11. Brakes did not work
12. Pilot was not capable of reducing acceleration (lever did not move)
The president of TAM today at the House Representatives Committee, when reading the recommendations of ANAC skipped the part that said that in short and slippery runway both reversers should be used.
The House Representative Committee revealed yesterday all the conversation on the voice recorder and it was shown in TV.
The big question now seems to be pilotīs error or machine malfunction. A pilot who worked with the co-pilot at Transbrasil for 20 years, made a statement that he is sure that the co-pilot would not commit such an elementary error. He claim that neither him or the pilot, both very experiencec pilots. The controversy continues.