Originally Posted by ztullz
The plane that Mr Sharley was flying had his communication equipments turned off.....nobody knows why
Maybe not.
U.S. pilots deny turning off transponder
SAO PAULO, Brazil - The American pilots of an executive jet involved in a deadly high-altitude collision with a Boeing 737 have denied they turned off the transponder that signaled their location, authorities said Thursday.
Pilots Joseph Lepore, of Bay Shore, N.Y., and Jan Paladino, of Westhampton Beach, N.Y., repeatedly told investigators they never turned off the device that transmits a plane's location and believed that it was working just before the collision, said Denise Niederauer, a spokeswoman for the Mato Grosso do Sul State Public Safety Department
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061005/...plane_crash_35