Joseph Lepore, Jan Paladino, the drivers at Brazil 2006 crash, avoid jail

 Two American pilots involved in one of the worst disasters in the history of the Brazil aviation were sentenced at the service of the community as a result of the accident, the New York Times reports.

Monday, judge Muriol Mendes sentenced the two pilots, Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino, both of the State of New York, to four years and four months in prison in a "semi-open" facility The judge commuted the sentence to community service and allowed it to be served at the United States, according to the New York Times.

The pilots fly a private Embraer Legacy 600 executive jet on the Amazon on September 29, 2006, when it collided with a Boeing 737 operated by the airlines Gol, killing 154 people.

An intense legal battle followed with authorities Brazilian claiming negligence by American pilots and officials blame the Brazil air traffic control system.

The smallest jet was damaged, but landed safely, while the jet plunged to the ground and disintegrated on impact.

In 2009, a Brazilian Attorney asked a judge to restore negligence claims against the pilots. The judge has launched these accusations, but confirmed those who are similar to charges of manslaughter of America.

In the 86-page phrase, Mendes said that pilots did not have to check the equipment of their aircraft for an hour, a "eternity" in aviation.

A traffic controller air Brazilian was sentenced earlier in the present case to similar charges for manslaughter.