The criminal investigation into the TAM accident at Congonhas was completed yesterday and will recommend indictments against 10 as yet unnamed individuals for crimes against air safety. The penalty upon conviction is from 1 to 3 years.
The investigation spreads the blame around, but regards the behaviour of ANAC (the regulatory authority) as the main reason for the tragedy, followed in order of "responsibility" by Infraero (airport operator), TAM, and Airbus. How many indictments will be levelled against each of these organisations isn't yet known.
This is only the criminal investigation, the full technical report from CENIPA has yet to be released (it's not finished yet
AFAIK), so precisely how much of this is based on fact and how much on political posturing isn't clear.
The Ministério Público Estadual will decide in the next few days whether to accept the recommendations from the investigation and go ahead with the prosecutions.
AB