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The wreckage of the Ju-52 crashed at Piz Segnas over Flims in August 2018. Image: POLICÍA DE GRISONS CANTONAL
“Careless Rule Violation”, “Risk Behavior” – Ju-52 Self-Inflicted Crash
The verdict of the Swiss Safety Investigation Board (Sust) is unmistakable: the two pilots who crashed two years ago in the Graubünden Alps with 18 people aboard their Ju-52s have “inadvertently violated the rules” and repeatedly “risky behaviors” put on the day. They lost control of the crashed Ju-52 through their own fault, as the “Sunday newspaper” (subscription) writes today.
Sust’s report on the accident is several hundred pages long and shows that flight instruments that were not placed incorrectly or that rusted in the material were responsible for the accident. Rather, it is human error. The Ju-Air machine had flown “at high risk” not only when it crashed but also before.
The verdict on the pilots is devastating. Image: EPA / POLICIA CANTONAL DE GRISONS
As the “Sonntagszeitung” continues to explain, on the day of the accident, August 4, 2018, on the way from Locarno back to Dübendorf, the pilots decided on a spectacular route near the edge of a mountain, although there should always be enough maneuvering space when flying. The report says the choice of flight path was “in stark contrast” to the knowledge of the pilots.
The two pilots of the crashed Ju-52 were 62 and 63 years old and made 28 flights together in the two months leading up to the tragedy. In doing so, they repeatedly failed to meet the prescribed minimum height. The report claims that the pilots assessed themselves as “invulnerable.”
It is said that the pilot, who was captain on the day of the accident, has had a “reduced risk awareness”, there is talk of “lack of self-criticism”, and has carried out repeated very daring maneuvers.
For the final report on the Ju-52 drama in August 2018, neither Ju-Air, nor the Federal Civil Aviation Office nor Sust wanted to say that the case was not yet definitively closed. (First)
