SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Authorities investigating the Brazilian plane crash that killed all 62 on board last week now have the full transcript of the “black box” but its content did not immediately explain the cause of the accident, local TV station Globo said yesterday.
The transcript from the cockpit voice recorder shows the pilot and copilot noticed a steep loss of altitude about one minute before the crash, TV Globo reported in its main newscast Jornal Nacional last evening, citing unnamed people working on the investigation.
TV Globo did not release the audio nor the transcript.
According to TV Globo, the transcript covers about two hours of audio recording, including a question from the copilot to the pilot about what was going on, and saying the plane needed “more power” to be stabilized.
The plane, an ATR-72 turboprop from local airline Voepass, was bound for Sao Paulo from Cascavel, in the southern state of Parana, and crashed at around 1:30 p.m. (1630 GMT) in the town of Vinhedo, some 80 km (50 miles) northwest of Sao Paulo.
The crash killed all aboard but no one on the ground was hurt.
