The absence of simulator training meant that the endorsement and other training the flight crew had undergone did not adequately prepare them for the event.
Operator now using simulator training.
In April 2009, following the certification of an Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A., EMB-120 flight simulator in Melbourne, Vic., the operator began utilising the simulator for its EMB-120 flight crew training.
The action taken by the operator appears to adequately address the safety issue.
