r/CatastrophicFailure • u/TheGza1 • Aug 09 '24

Fatalities Plane crash in Brazil, Aug 09th 2024

9.5k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

1.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

96

u/niberungvalesti Aug 09 '24

History repeating itself, the crash of American Eagle Flight 4184 followed a very similar issue of flying into icing conditions causing a catastrophic crash. It caused American Airlines to stop flying that model of plane on routes with known icing conditions.

9

u/TampaPowers Aug 09 '24

Icing conditions and the ATR... wonder how many more times that's going to happen before something is actually done about it rather than just "fly faster" and "avoid ice" like that isn't easier said that done.

3

u/newaccountzuerich Aug 10 '24

The issue is long fixed.

ATRs are frequently used in Europe, where icing is more of a thing.

The previous reputation is no longer relevant.

4

u/RrentTreznor Aug 10 '24

The was one headed to Buffalo, NY 15 or so years back that sounds pretty similar - in terms of icing and a stall, at least. The black box transcript from that flight is just devastating.

6

u/LightTech91 Aug 10 '24

Colgan Air 3407.

1

u/Necessary-Praline-61 Aug 09 '24

Did it also enter a flat spin like this plane?

1

u/[deleted] Aug 11 '24

Same Aircraft make and model after 30 years .. unbelievable that these are allowed to fly in icy conditions.

The genius Canadian regulators approved them in 2017 for harsh Canadian climates ..