Absurd: Peru Arrested LATAM Pilots In A320neo Accident

Indeed, they need medical and psychological evaluation, not arrested without any evidence. Now they are likely to be more traumatised.

I guess in some countries it’s guilty until proven innocent.

I think in Peru this is a legally defined standard procedure if you are involved in an accident with casualties. The fire truck drivers would also have been arrested if they had not died or been admitted to hospital in critical condition.

Not sure if it's relevant here, but are pilots subject to having blood drawn for the possible presence of drugs or alcohol following an accident?

Waiting for the results of such tests is the only conceivable reason in my mind to hold pilots after an accident; but it seems like they could have simply held their passports, particularly if there was no reason to suspect that they were impaired.

If your facts are correct, these pilots were heroic given that they kept the plane on the runway and were able to avoid mass casualties.

Perhaps the pilots had some very loud & salty comments when everyone was safely evacuated? I can only imagine the amount of adrenaline that was coursing in their bloodstream. And a whole lot of anger to realize this was supposed to be a safety exercise!

Sounds just like America. Pulling a George Floyd.

We'll arrest you first, then excessively police you, then ignore you.

Legally-defined or not, it's absurd and should be ended immediately. This is counter-productive to any meaningful accident investigation and has no possible benefit whatsoever to anyone, except maybe saving face for local authorities when an accident happens that they caused.

There is a video showing two firefighter trucks getting into the runway heading to the plane. When the first truck saw the plane comming, it tried to U turn instead of going off the runway. The landing gear hit the truck on the side. Any other decision would have avoided the crash.

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It is not uncommon in many countries for foreign pilots to be taken into custody following a fatal accident. The case that springs immediately to mind was the prosecution of a Singapore Airlines flight crew in Taiwan following a fatal 747 runway accident. This is a risk well known in the aviation legal community.

You are referring to Elon Musk or Donald Trump?

Both don't care of being banned, don't care about having a job, but both are living the life.
What is ban? One bought the company. The other started a company.
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Remember it very well. Was flying EVA. Departure only hours before. Singapore was confused as to the correct runway. I remember flight to Taiwan was plagued by weather from a typhoon. Initially I thought it had to be weather. A reminder about assumptions.

I unfortunately cannot say this surprises me in the least. In Peru and several other countries in the region, everyone involved gets arrested.

When working for an airline that flew between the US and Peru, we had a crew have some sort of violation or misunderstanding with ATC on departure. About an hour later, police showed up and arrested our Station Manager. They let her go after about 24 hours. Maybe a holdover from how the government used to operate? I don't know.

In a related feel good move for international relations, it was reported that the local fire fighters were handing out free "pigs in a blanket" to all survivors of the semi-horrific incident. Local fire chief A.N.U.S. Borat said:
"Eh, biggie is no. Lose we more men from the diseases of the sex capers."
Food gifts are real love testes."
The local war lord who actually controls the region had only a brief statement: "pay bill who?"
Film at 11.....

This is disgusting.

Yeah, it really is.

She thinks commenting on message boards from her mom’s basement is a job.

It's a 3rd world country called Peru. What else can you expect from that country?