Flight Safety Information July 13, 2011 - No. 141 In This Issue Brazil plane crashes - all 16 on board killed Brazil plane crashes - all 16 on board killed (BBC) - A twin-engined aircraft has crashed in north-east Brazil, killing all 16 on board, officials say. The plane took off from the city of Recife en route to Natal and immediately reported problems. It is reported that the aircraft tried to make an emergency landing on the beach in Recife, but it crashed on an empty lot. Witnesses said the plane burst into flames. Brazilian media report that fire crews were sent to the scene and have brought the fire under control. Accoridng to the authorities, the plane came down on wasteland between two Recife neighbourhoods, Piedade and Boa Viagem. The twin-engined L410 was operated by Noar Airlines and took off from Recife at 0615 local time (0915 GMT), officials said. *********** Date: 13-JUL-2011 Time: 09:00 Type: LET-410 (LET AIRCRAFT) Operator: NOAR Registration: C/n / msn: Fatalities: Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Location: JABOATÃO DOS GUARARAPES - RECIFE - PE - Brazil Phase: Approach Nature: Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger Departure airport: RECIFE - PE Destination airport: MOSSORÓ - RN Narrative: A small plane crashed in Air company at around 7am on Wednesday (13) and caught fire in a field on Avenida Beira-Mar at the boundary between e-planning.net ad and Recife, in the south of Recife. Sixteen people were in the aircraft and was rescued with no life. The aircraft is a twin-LET-410, manufactured by Czech Aircraft Let, and left the airport in Recife at 6:51 a.m. to the city of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, expected to scale in Natal, Natal. According to information from witnesses passing by, the plane was very low, as falling when he fell from the sky, nozzle, directly into the wasteland where they are occasionally installed circuses, and exploded at the same time. The aircraft is totally destroyed and charred victims died. According to information from the Globo News, the pilot of the twin came to pass information that was having problems for the control tower at the airport, but the issue was not resolved in time. There is unofficial information site directly, without confirmation, that the passengers was part of a group of traders from Caruaru. Representatives of Infraero are doing a skill, but so far no vehicle at the Institute of Legal Medicine (IML) has come to remove bodies from the ground. A spokesperson for the company's On-Air will speak at 9:30 am, with official data on the victims and the possible reasons of the accident Sources: http://g1.globo.com/brasil/noticia/2011/07/aviao-cai-em-terreno-baldio-no-recife- segundo-bombeiros.html Curt Lewis, P.E., CSP CURT LEWIS & ASSOCIATES, LLC