Argentina’s new presidential plane, Tango 01, a Boeing 757-256, made a risky maneuver upon its arrival in the country, at Jorge Newbery Airport, in Buenos Aires, last Thursday (25).
Painted in the colors of the Argentine flag, the aircraft stayed close to the runway and did not touch the ground. There was a go-around, with the pilot performing a low climb, with the left wing banked down before resuming altitude. He got to be 45 meters off the ground. Watch below:
PRESIDENTIAL AIRCRAFT. Acrobatics or aborted landing? Así was the first approach of the new presidential plane, the ARG-01 that took to replace the Tango-01 pic.twitter.com/5Et0sHvdw8
— Diego Cabot (@diegocabot) May 25, 2023
The Boeing 757-256 cost the country US$ 22 million.
Pilot ignored instructions
According to audio from the control tower revealed by the Argentine newspaper “Clarín”, commander Leonardo Barone, who is secretary general of Logistics at the General Secretariat of the Presidency of Argentina, ignored the instructions of the flight controllers.
Barone requested clearance to descend below 3,000 feet. However, the tower asked him to wait a few minutes for the airspace to clear over the San Fernando airport.
But the pilot did not understand the command and asked: “Free descent for the ARG-01 [prefixo do avião]?” And the controller argued: “Negative, maintain 3,000 feet” and continued: “Maintain 3,000. Give me a few minutes and we’ll clear Sanfer airport and I’ll give you free descent”.
Even so, Barone insists: “Oh, I understood that it was free descent. We are maintaining 2,300 feet.”
Then the tower warns: “I never gave you free descent”.
And the captain apologizes: “Sorry, we’re at 3,000 feet. Cleared 3,000 feet”.
*Posted by Douglas Porto
Source: CNN Brasil
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