To “Fantástico”, the airline’s employee said the aircraft that fell, leaving 62 dead, was the one that had the most “crash”: “We warned”
A former mechanic of revealed to the program “Fantastic” A number of problems with airline airline maintenance. The flaws, he said, would have resulted na From an aircraft in August 2024, in Vinhedo, in the interior of São Paulo, killing the 62 people on board.
The interview aired on Sunday (16.mar.2025) after the (National Civil Aviation Agency) The company’s air operations for not complying with security measures.
The mechanic, who preferred not to reveal his identity, was already working at Voepass before the accident and continued to work there after the fatality, said that already “you knew” that this would happen to the aircraft because it was the plane that had the most problems and “pane”.
Read what the mechanic said to “Fantastic”:
You had already worked in several other companies. What was VOEPASS different?
VOEPASS does not support maintenance. Not only materials, components that will be put on aircraft, placed for maintenance, such as tools, everything. I went through large companies, good companies, excellent companies, when we arrived at Voepass, we feel a very big difference.
When you at maintenance I learned that the plane had crashed into Vinhedo, how did you react?
I already knew it was going to happen to Papa Bravo [apelido da aeronave por causa das duas últimas letras do prefixo, P e B]. It was the plane that gave the most problems, it was the plane that crashed the most. We warned that the plane was bad, the maintenance knew the plane was bad, the maintenance reported, spoke, warned, and they [ele se refere à alta chefia do centro de controle de manutenção da Voepass] They wanted to force us to put the plane to fly.
In the maintenance part, what most caught your attention after the accident happened?
Then if you ask me, hey, did anything change? Changed nothing. I even think it got worse.
We received some images, there were some aircraft aircraft with a canvas, which is that?
Those planes that were covered, those were the planes in the bush. Why did they have it cover? Because the anac was going to do a survey there. They were hiding from Anac.
What does Voepass says
In a note to Poder360a Voepass He said there is no connection between the accident that occurred in August 2024 and Anac’s precautionary measure that provisionally suspended its operations.
“The company informs that it is providing all clarifications to demonstrate its operational capacity, ensuring the safety levels required by the regulatory agency to resume its activities as soon as possible.
“In the 30 years of operation of the company, the safety of passengers and crew has always been, and will continue to be their top priority.
“The company reiterates that its fleet in operation is aircraft and follows absolutely all protocols that attest to the compliance of its procedures and equipment.
“Under no circumstances are the company’s aircraft take off without strict compliance with what the manufacturer and regulatory agencies stipulate.
“It is important to note that the preliminary report of Cenipa [Centro de Investigação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronáuticos] Regarding the accident confirmed that the aircraft in question was with the valid aircraft verification certificate and all required systems in operation.
“It is also worth remembering that the investigation of an air crash is a complex process that involves multiple factors and requires time to be properly conducted. Only the final report of the Cenipa can conclusively point out the causes of the incident ”says the note.
