MplsRich

I’m not a legal expert of Peruvian law. In Venezuela if there is a death like this the pilots would be arrested until cleared. It’s just the way it is.

In the 90s an American CEO of a Venezuelan telco was jailed after an employee digging fiber optic with a Ditchwitch hit a giant gas pipeline along a stretch of highway killing dozens of people.

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mach0017

Biggest question: was there an operating control tower there? (for obvious reasons)

granburyaircraftserv

Each day this story become increasingly worse as if its even possible.

Samuel_Drake

Mexico has some similar laws. A few years back some students at the University where I was a ME professor (not my students but I knew them), tried to drive to Mexico City for a robotics competition after working too late on their machine. Anyway on the way in Mexico, the driver drifted off the road, over corrected and rolled the vehicle. One passenger suffered a broken collar bone and other injuries so the driver went to jail until the passenger could vouch for the driver and have him released. They also had to pay $1000 for knocking down a highway sign.

Anyway, unless the tower messed up, which is a possibility, only one party should have had permission to be on the runway.

fogden240

Same for Panama. If you are driving a vehicle that causes injury or death, you will be arrested. It’s the law.

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gliders

Many Central & South American nations have similar laws. As a matter of common sense, the laws address possible flight risks and an ability to conduct an investigation with parties involved present. Useful for their justice systems but not necessarily the right thing to do.

jetjock64

If the cause of the accident is deemd to be the fire truck driver for failing to hesitate and look down the runway, then I would argue that the vehicle causing injury or death was the fire truck, not the plane. (It’s an argument that could be made.)

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bserra

Venezuela isn’t an example for any other country. “Au contraire”.

JoseRieraC182

FYI, all South American countries operate under the Napoleonic Laws, you are guilty until proven innocent.
The USA, is one of the very few nations, that I know of, where there is the rule of law and you are innocent until proven guilty.
No wonder people want to live here.

cosmoadsett

That makes sense given the origins of the legal systems in those South American countries. It’s contrary to the best known ways of managing aviation safety but I wish more CEOs in the US experienced swift consequences for the actions of their organizations.

cosmoadsett

I don’t have much doubt that will be the result. The trucks were apparently cleared to turn onto a taxiway but the lead vehicle continued on to the active runway, possibly through warning markers.

bbgun06

Did they arrest the fire truck driver too?