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Dennis L. Jones, director of the Northeast Regional Office of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), said federal investigators had found impurities, which they have yet to identify, in the wreckage of the helicopter's engine but are still uncertain about the cause of the crash...
...according to The Associated Press, apreliminary report by the NTSB confirmed that thehelicopter's flight controls and transmission wereworking properly before the crash. The report alsosaid that witnesses saw a puff of smoke comingfrom the helicopter in its descent...
Jones said yesterday that he personally has notseen any incidents of sabotage through fuelcontamination in the 300-plus plane crashes he hasinvestigated in his 15-year career. But he saidthat finding fuel contamination as the cause ofaccidents is "nothing new" to the NTSB...
...team of investigators have recovered several key pieces of the aircraft, including its control panel, engine, and tail section, Alan Yarman, lead investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), said at a press conference yesterday...
According to NTSB records, the A350B AStar helicopter has been involved in 63 accidents in the United States, killing 57 on-board passengers. It averages 3.5 accidents per 100,000 hours of flight...