According to documents sent by the U.S. Embassy in Brasília to the U.S. State Department in November 2006 , some Brazilian diplomats pressured the Federal Justice to allow American pilots Joseph Lepore and Jan Paul Paladino , involved in the 2006 Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 air crash , to return to their country of origin . In the accident , considered the second worst of commercial aviation in Brazil , 154 people died
Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 air crash
Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907
Contents of the United States diplomatic cables leak (Americas)