Teori Zavascki


Teori Albino Zavascki was a Brazilian judge who served as a Minister of the Superior Court of Justice from 8 May 2003 until 29 November 2012, appointed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and as a Minister of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil from 29 November 2012 until his death in 19 January 2017, having been appointed to the position by President Dilma Rousseff. At the time of his death he was the justice in charge of the trials resulting from Operation Car Wash.

Death

Zavascki was killed in an air disaster in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro on 19 January 2017. Official enquiries into the crash began on 20 January and the cockpit voice recorder was recovered. Also killed were four other people on board, including the pilot, and, a partner in BTG Pactual, whose president, André Esteves, had been arrested in the Operation Car Wash investigation. More than two hundred politicians and business people were possibly implicated in a graft scheme that Zavascki was investigating.

Final Investigation Results

On 22.01.2018, the Aeronautical Accidents Investigation and Prevention Center presented their final report. The conclusion was that there was no shortage of kerosene. Apparently the accident was caused by three major factors: