This thread is created to allow the Kalitta thread to remain solely about the airplane crash.
There was an interesting "thread drift" in that thread where people started to question whether the crew would be detained after it was reported that civilians had been killed. This is a growing worry, and I wanted to start a thread that dealt with these issues. Another poster brought up the AOPA article in the last issue that was about the Stearman pilot that crashed and his passenger was killed and he served time.
I will start the questions - I was personally shocked with the mid-air in Brazil and how the American pilots were detained - even before knowing whether the accident was their fault or not. I was under the assumption that the radar coverage in Brazil was spotty at best and I also recall much strife amongst the brazillian AT controllers around the same time. the factthat two airplanes came together and the American crew was detained for a long time was chilling for me. Does anyone know anyone that may know the real story and how the legal issues are progressing for these guys?