SAO PAULO, May 17. (Reuters) - A Brazilian court has sentenced to four years probation to two American pilots of negligence in a plane crash of an airliner over the Amazon jungle in 2006 that killed 154 people. Joseph Lepore and Jan Paul Paladino piloting a small private jet over the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso in the Amazon jungle, when their wings crashed into a Boeing 737 operated by Brazilian airline Gol, which caused the airliner crashed in the jungle One of the worst accident in Brazilian history.
Murilo Mendes judge ruled that both drivers had not adequately reviewed the controls of his airplane, which could have alerted to the presence of other aircraft by radar. Lepore and Paladino, who were uninjured in the incident, along with carrying five people, and managed to land his aircraft safely, have always denied any responsibility in the accident.
The judge ordered them late on Monday to four years probation, but suggested they undertake community work in the United States. Mendes also temporarily suspended the licenses of pilots. Lepore and Paladino have not returned to Brazil since the accident. After the accident, the Brazilian authorities blamed the U.S.
pilots for the accident, but a report from the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) in 2006 held that both planes had been allowed to fly at 37,000 feet (11,000 meters). Subsequently focused criticism on the air traffic controllers' complaints about excessive workload, low pay and blind spots in radar coverage. 
Murilo Mendes judge ruled that both drivers had not adequately reviewed the controls of his airplane, which could have alerted to the presence of other aircraft by radar. Lepore and Paladino, who were uninjured in the incident, along with carrying five people, and managed to land his aircraft safely, have always denied any responsibility in the accident.
The judge ordered them late on Monday to four years probation, but suggested they undertake community work in the United States. Mendes also temporarily suspended the licenses of pilots. Lepore and Paladino have not returned to Brazil since the accident. After the accident, the Brazilian authorities blamed the U.S.
pilots for the accident, but a report from the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) in 2006 held that both planes had been allowed to fly at 37,000 feet (11,000 meters). Subsequently focused criticism on the air traffic controllers' complaints about excessive workload, low pay and blind spots in radar coverage.
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