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...benefits outweigh the costs to the airlines. In the late '80s, for instance, the agency dragged its feet on requiring the installation of the ground-proximity warning system in commuter airlines, even though this simple device could have prevented a number of crashes. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), a separate agency that investigates crashes, has suggested that the FAA check flight-data recorders regularly--not just after a crash--to assess planes and pilots. The recommendation has gone nowhere...
...people of Cheyenne began to visit the crash site, leaving poems, flowers and stuffed animals. Two investigators for the National Transportation Safety Board were at the scene within a few hours. The plane did not have a flight recorder, nor was it required to have one. Steve McCreary, an ntsb investigator, could not say whether Reid had declared some sort of emergency before the crash...
...Tranportation Safety Board will stage tests that might explain what triggered the 6,000-ft. nose dive, TIME's Jerry Hannifin reports. (The first test was schedule for today at the FAA's Flight Technical Center near Atlantic City, but was delayed because of bad weather.) Hannifin says the NTSB, under considerable pressure to solve the mystery behind the worst air disaster since 1987, is exploring an aeronautical phenomenon called wake vortex. Under a long-suspected scenario, the Boeing 737 jet might have run into air turbulence created by the jet that preceded it into Pittsburgh International Airport. "The four...
...Eurocopter A350B has been involved in 63accidents in the United States, killing 57on-board passengers, according to NTSB records,and averages 3.5 accidents per 100,000 hours offlight...
...NTSB is leading the federal investigation,which also includes the FAA, the MassachusettsAeronautics Commission, the state police andEurocopter and Turbomecha, the manufacturers ofthe helicopter and the engine