ATCWatcher:
Well according Airlinefleets, Aerosucre only had 2 aircraft left in flying order . One is now gone, not sure they can survive with a single aircraft .
Sad because Aerosucre is one of the oldest pure cargo company still operating in South America. Used to operate 10 Caravelles until very late.
The other two aircraft are impounded at the (I believe) Brazilian Air Force's maintenance facility, pending payment on major work on all three aircraft. From what I know, they were able to get the ONE single aircraft out of there a while ago. This makes more sense than some of the rumors that they were just leased out or floating around with other people.
IronDuck:
That said, on the accident flight the aircraft is barely rotated; it's still rotating as it crosses the road. Even if showing off, if one could, surely one would get the nose up before crossing the end of the tarmac?
It appears that it's essentially a minimum unstick / Vmu takeoff - they got close enough to the end and rotated regardless of V1, etc.
No idea what would cause that.. failed airspeed crosscheck, improper config, power setting/derate, or an engine failure/loss of performance on T/O roll, etc.
FYI there are frames extracted from the videos which do indeed show flames, ie. some type of surge or debris ingestion into the engines - it's very difficult to tell which ones, but clearly there was engine damage as a result of the excursion and fence / building impact.
