Creeperian Airlines Flight 1424
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 28 June 2020 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain, air traffic controller error |
| Site | Near Francis International Airport |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Maroto Botín MB-13-30 |
| Operator | Creeperian Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | AC424 |
| ICAO flight No. | ACR424 |
| Call sign | CREEPERIANO 424 |
| Registration | C1373AC |
| Flight origin | Saint Romero I International Airport |
| Destination | Francis International Airport |
| Occupants | 283 |
| Passengers | 268 |
| Crew | 15 |
| Fatalities | 93 |
| Injuries | 190 |
| Survivors | 190 |
Creeperian Airlines Flight 424 was a scheduled international passenger flight from San Salvador, Creeperopolis, to Liberty City, Paleocacher. The flight, which was operated by a Creeperian Airlines Maroto Botín MB-13-30 with registration C1373AC, crashed outside of Francis International Airport on 28 June 2022 at 9:12 p.m. (AMT+11), killing 93 of the 283 people onboard.
Aircraft
Flight
Investigation
The Paleocacherian Transportation Management Safety Committee released a preliminary report on July 1, 2020, identifying several factors and the primary cause of the accident.
- Air traffic control was unusally overworked. Mr. McGuin was the only Air traffic controller on duty after his colleague in Approach control left with a fever and his supervisor didn't send anyone to replace her.
- Air traffic control was inexperienced and ill-equipped to handle such a large load of aircraft. Mr. McGuin is only four and a half months on the job.
- The air traffic controller sent Creeperian Airlines 424 into a decommissioned flight path. The secondary holding pattern was shut down three months ago because the city has started constructing a housing development in the area, in addition to granting permits to several companies to build cell phone and radio towers on top of the hills south of the secondary holding pattern. Now when the primary holding pattern is full of planes air traffic control is supposed to direct overflow traffic to run the East Racetrack between the north and south ends of the bay east of the airport at an altitude of four thousand feet.
- The Safety Director of the Chicajun International Airport was supposed to send NOTAMs to all airlines flying in and out of the airport regarding the changes. He has retained legal counsel and refused to answer further questions about the accident.
- The main cause of the accident was a combination of pilot and air traffic control error. The air traffic controller sent the Creeperian Airlines flight down a closed and potentially hazardous route, one that brought them within half a mile of a one thousand foot hill and an eight hundred foot radio tower. The pilots in turning to bring their plane back north towards the airport from the far southern end of the pattern turned too widely bringing their plane over the hill and colliding with the obstacle.
Legal actions
With the cooperation of the air traffic controller Cassidy McGuin and the threat of his testimony, prosecutors were able to reach a plea agreement with the defendants.
- Cassidy McGuin, the air traffic controller who directed the aircraft into a disused holding pattern, pleaded guilty to reduced charges-4 years of imprisonment
- Martin McGuinness, air traffic control supervisor responsible for failing to properly supervise trainee air traffic controller and for failing to provide relief, 16 counts of negligent homicide- 16-32 years of imprisonment
- Dara Fitzpatrick, deputy director of airport operations for failing to send the NOTAM regarding the secondary holding pattern to airlines that use the airport 16 counts of negligent homicide- 16-32 years of imprisonment
- Patrice Farmon, airport director responsible for finding loopholes in aviation regulations to make secondary holding pattern unsafe, 16 counts of negligent homicide- 16-32 years
- Felix Gustaven, site manager for construction company that built radio tower, pled guilty to one count of gross negligence causing a serious incident for failing to install proper warning lighting on the tower- 2 years imprisonment
The Chicajun International Airport will pay restitution to the victims in the amount of 250,000 selkies per death, 150,000 selkies for a serious injury, 100,000 selkies for a moderate injury, 75,000 selkies for minor injuries, and 25,000 selkies for uninjured passengers. The airport will cease private operations and be overseen by the federal government from now on.
The Paleocacherian Department of Infrastructure will be re-organized and new legislation will be drafted regarding aviation safety.
As Cassidy McGuin left the courthouse while being followed by camera crews, Maximiliano Rodrigo Velázquez y Espiga, a Creepero-Paleocacherian who lost his wife and daughter in the crash of Creeperian Airlines 424 and a member of Mara Salvatrucha, approached and shot McGuin at close range in the abdomen with a Figueroa-1 Tipo-1970 small pistol. He yelled "¡Que te vas’al Inferno con el Diablo por'todo eternidad, puto idiota!" Velázquez Espiga is immediately tackled by a police officer. As he was dragged away, he continued to scream about his family in Creeperian Spanish. McGuin was rushed to the closest hospital but died in the ambulance. Maximiliano Velázquez Espiga was arrested and held without bail on a charge of first degree premeditated murder. His gun and fingerprints were run through the system to try and connect him to other crimes. The remaining convicted defendants were quickly taken to secure detention facilities for their own safety.
