Joseph Lepore, 42, and Jan Paladino, 34, face trial over the September 2006 crash during which their plane clipped the Gol Airlines Boeing 737.

BBC: NEWS | Americas | US pilots blamed in Brazil crash

In September, a Gol Airlines Boeing 737 collided with an executive jet over the Amazon rainforest, causing the passenger jet to crash, killing 154 people.

NPR: Nearly 200 Feared Dead in Brazil Air Crash

The crash came less than a year after 154 people were killed in the September collision of a Gol Airlines Boeing 737 with a small jet over the Amazon rainforest.

NPR: Brazilian Prosecutors Seek to Close Airport After Crash

On September 29 of 2006 it collided in mid-air with a Boeing 737 used on Gol Intelligent Airlines, Inc. flight 1907 during a delivery flight from the Embraer factory in southeast Brazil to its US buyer, Long Island-based Excel Aire, an air charter company.

FORBES: Embraer Jet With A Tainted History Offers Steep Discount