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NTSB Determines Probable Cause of Door Plug Accident

Flying Magazine

One of the more chilling statements came from an interview with a member of the cabin crew who said when they saw the hole in the airplane and the twisted seats, they initially feared some passengers had been lost. There were no missing bolts, however, a few bolts were not torqued to specification.

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Icing, Systems, and Human Factors: Preliminary Findings on Voepass flight 2283

Fear of Landing

There were two flight crew, two cabin crew, and 58 passengers on board when the aircraft, an ATR 72-212A (ATR 72-500) departed Coronel Adalberto Mendes da Silva Airport in Cascavel. At no point during this hour did the flight crew reactivate the airframe de-icing system.