ATR42 missing in Venezuela
IIRC the ATR is one of the few aircraft where GPWS / EGPWS (TAWS) can be selected ‘OFF’ with a flight deck switch.
I recall an ATR CFIT accident where the EGPWS was OFF – a former Yugoslav country?
I recall an ATR CFIT accident where the EGPWS was OFF – a former Yugoslav country?
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Still waiting for a crash report on an MD-80 about 4 years ago with a bunch of French tourists.
I have recently been doing quite a bit of work with Santa Barbara and I had not heard of that. Also, since the ATR accident, it would seem they have really picked their game plan up. SMS and TEM taken seriously now - at least that is the impression I got after spending a morning with their safety manager, and a couple of weeks with their crews. Obviosuly I don't have a "before" for comparison, but it doesn't seem as bad as many would have you believe in the light of the ATR.
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yes it was Santa Barbara Airlines.... the cvr audio is available in youtube.
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No, the OP was asking whether the MD-80 was Santa Barbara Airlines - it wasn't, it was West Caribbean Airlines.
I had found the ATR CVR on Youtube, but of course nothing re BBR MD-80.
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The youtube CVR can be heard here
The audio is in Spanish and it is not good quality but worth listening.
On this video you can read the voice transcription, since the audio was hard to understand.
Rest in peace.
The audio is in Spanish and it is not good quality but worth listening.
On this video you can read the voice transcription, since the audio was hard to understand.
Rest in peace.
Last edited by Furia; 1st Jul 2009 at 23:16.