Americano Airlines Flight 1573 was a flight from John F. Kenny International Airport to Grindavik Airport with a stopover at Izolirani International Airport. The aircraft crashed near Oil Rig at the Pilot Training Archipelago due to loss of control. It is presumed that the aircraft was struck by lighting, which could have caused the loss of aircraft control.
Aircraft
The aircraft was a 12 year old Robus R330-300, built in 2014. The aircraft previously operated for Air Rogaulia from 2016 to 2020. The aircraft was registered as N201RX, with its first flight on April 1, 2014.
Occupants
There were 433 occupants in total, 10 crew members, 400 adults, and 23 children.
Pilots
The captain of the flight was 64 year old Pulkan Marshoud. He had flown with Americano Airlines for the past four years and flew for Saudiatopia Airlines for fifteen years. He had 34,723 hours of flying, 10,000 of which were on the Robus R330. He was supposed to retire at least six flights after this one. The co pilot was 44 year old Micheal McMason, who had 24,000 flying hours, 7,431 of which were on the R330. The third officer was Anthony Williams, who had 2,323 hours flying, out of which 287 were on the R330. Williams was the co pilot for the Izolirani-Grindavik leg, so that he could get experience on the R330. The fourth officer was James Kaden, who had 1,000 hours flying, 723 of which were on the R330.
Incident
Beginning
When the aircraft landed at Izolirani Airport, it was raining and it was a big thunderstorm in the whole archipelago. The Izolirani-Grindavik leg was delayed by over seven hours due to the thunderstorm.
Late Departure
Finally, at 15:28PM Archipelago James Time, Flight 1573 departed Izolirani. When the thunderstorm was so much at the old area of when Greater Rockford was at the Telamon Ocean, the flight turned left to bypass the bad part of the storm. They returned to their original flight plan about 24 minutes later.
Communication with Skopelos ATC
At 15:37PM, Flight 1573 contacted Skopelos ATC, as they were in Skopelos’ Radar at the time. Skopelos ATC had said that “Weather was terrible with the whole archipelago rainy. Should improve in a bit”. Third officer Anthony Williams said, “Shoot, what will we do now?”.
Return to original flight path
At 15:52PM, Oil Rig ATC cleared the flight to return to the original flight path after the thunderstorm stopped (Flight 1573 was under Oil Rig’s Radar at the time). Flight 1573 returned to their flight path. The flight would soon enter Grindavik’s radar.
Control loss
Approximately a minute later, the pilots suddenly lost control. The engines shut down, and pilots tried to control the aircraft but couldn’t. The aircraft was falling into the Telamon Ocean from 36,000 feet in the air.
Crash
At 15:55PM, James Archipelago Time, Americano Airlines Flight 1573 crashed at the Telamon Ocean, approximately 15.4 miles away from Oil Rig. Oil Rig air traffic control saw the crash with binoculars, and immediately sent emergency services to the flight. All 433 occupants died.
Reaction
It was presumed that lightning struck the aircraft, as claims by Sauthemptona & Oil Rig ATC were made on lightning strikes the reason Flight 1573 lost control. However, Sauthemptona Air Traffic Control’s claims were mostly deemed baseless as scientifically the aircraft would have been impossible to be seen from Sauthemptona at the time of the crash.