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Old 9th Jul 2008, 01:17
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A bit more information from that Avherald site:-

"The Civil Aviation Authority of El Salvador, responsible to perform the investigation into the accident of TACA flight 390, does not endorse the reports of human error, that were published in Honduras yesterday also producing "transcripts".

"El Salvador does not yet rule out any cause of the accident including human error and continues to say, that the investigation will take about a year until reaching conclusions."

Crash: TACA A320 at Tegucigalpa on May 30th 2008, overran runway and crashed into embankment

On the face of it that makes no sense. The First Officer survived the crash, the FDR and CVR have been decoded, the aeroplane didn't burn - they must already have a pretty good idea about the 'probable causes.' And if, as one begins to suspect, they have direct and current safety implications, they have no business withholding them for 'about a year.'

The story continues:-

"A campaign to reopen Toncontin for International Traffic including category C and D aircraft was launched in Honduras with the support of the Mayor of Tegucigalpa, hoping to be able to overturn the President's decision to close the airport."

That in turn leads on from an earlier reported rumour on the same site that the ICAO had checked the runway friction etc. and reckoned that the airport could still accept larger aeroplanes (except for the A320):-

"Rumours out of Honduras earlier today had suggested, that the ICAO delegation recommended to reopen the airport with some modifications, which had already been put in force by airlines operating into Toncontin anyway. According to those rumours the only major change would have been to recommend operating the A319 into Toncontin instead of the A320."

All the signs are that there's a 'Class A' cover-up in progress......
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