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Old 14th Nov 2012, 21:55
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broadreach
 
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Just an update, with info culled from Contatoradar, a Brazilian aviation site with a similar mix of posters to Pprune (you know what I mean...)

.: The 66 yr old pilot is out of danger but has cranial, thorax and spinal injuries requiring surgery. FO has a broken nose and it was the pilot’s 37 yr old wife who, uninjured, released their belts and assisted them out of the aircraft.

.: The pilot is German or of German descent, a wealthy industrialist (ceramics and upmarket resort) and a part owner of the air taxi company to whom the aircraft belongs. His initials are the aircraft’s prefix. He enjoys flying, stays current and is said to frequently fly charters anonymously, handling baggage himself for nouveau riche arrivistes who don’t say please (yes that made me laugh as well).

.: There was a slight tailwind (2-4knots IIRC), runway reported moist by tower but claimed by those who were there to be bone-dry.

.: Possibility of an attempt to go around has been poo-pooed. The official version from the air taxi company is brake failure. Aircraft came out of a ?-check on 1 November.

.: Airport fire services arrived on the scene within 2 minutes.

.: Engines remained running at more than idle (only as reported by witnesses) for around 10 minutes, rocking the loose tail section around, until a fireman entered the cockpit and switched them off.
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