The recorder has not been recovered though, it has just been located, CBS News' Kris Van Cleave reports. The team is working on determining the best plan for a recovery operation. The type of data recorder mounted on El Faro is capable of recording conversations and sounds on the ship's ...
The article reports that the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released two safety recommendation letters urging regulators to give air traffic controllers more time off between shifts after finding fatigue played a role in near-fatal runway incidents. The NTSB investigation showed...
On March 8, United Airlines flight reports UA2477 landed and the Boeing 737 Max exited the taxiway into a grassy area. NTSB claims the left main landing gear (MLG) departed the paved surface and contacted a concrete structure that was recessed into the ground, resulting in its separation. S...
The federal agency stated that the docket "includes more than 1,700 pages of factual reports on operations, survival factors, human performance, air traffic control, and aircraft performance. The docket also includes interview transcripts, photographs, and other investigative materials." The materials ...
The completeness of the NTSB reports varied; Several reports stated that stall speed depends on bank angle, ignoring the real factor, the G-load of the turn; The term “stall/spin” was sometimes used as a default causal factor; Go arounds were sometimes classified as landing events, but ...
AsYangnotes, Sullenberger,now retired, discusses his decision in detail in his book "Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters." "I knew that if I chose to turn back across this densely populated area, I had to be certain we could make it," Sullenberger writes. "Once I turned ...
Officials on Friday were also probing reports from local residents thatrepeated complaints of gas leakswere ignored, but so far there's no indication of an early warning that could have prevented the disaster. Firefighters Continue Search At East Harlem Blast Site ...
In order to do this, the NTSB maintains the government’s database of civil aviation accidents. They also investigate and complete reports on important industry-wide safety issues. In the more than 40 years since the start of the NTSB, the agency has investigated more than 125,000 aviation ...
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Meanwhile, reports have emerged that may show the tragedy is part of a larger problem. In the three years before the disaster, at least two otherpilots near misses collisions with helicopterswhile landing at Reagan National Airport. For years, Sen. Tim Kaine has been a vocal critic of congest...