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Global Aviation News Article
October 2, 2006
The New York Times, "Midair Collision Probably Led to Brazil Crash, Officials Say"
Investigators said Sunday that they believed the crash of a Brazilian jetliner with 155 aboard in the Amazon rainforest was probably caused by a collision with a small business jet. Rescuers ruled out the possibility of finding survivors from the Friday crash, the worst in Brazilian history.
The investigators said they were basing their theory on information gleaned from interviews with those onboard the smaller plane, an Embraer Legacy 600 piloted by and carrying Americans, which landed on a military airstrip in Mato Grosso State after a sudden jolt severed part of the left wing. The plane had been en route to the United States.
Without providing further details, the investigators said a collision between the two aircraft seemed the most plausible explanation. They said a confirmation would rest on comparing clues in the cockpit recorder of the business jet with data found on the larger aircraft if crews can pry it from the wreckage.
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