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NTSB Go-Team inspects a tail section of VSS Enterprise. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigated the accident. A Go Team was dispatched to the accident site on October 31, 2014. [30] The team, consisting of around fifteen personnel, arrived at the Mojave Air and Space Port on November 1. They began their investigation that ...
Editor's note: This page reflects news from Friday, Jan. 31. For the latest updates on the plane crash, please read USA TODAY's coverage of the investigation on Saturday, Feb. 1.. WASHINGTON ...
The NTSB had a full crew on the scene Thursday, with about 50 people at the crash site and additional personnel at the agency’s headquarters and labs across the country ready to assist.
It was the deadliest U.S. aviation accident—and the first fatal one involving American Airlines—since American Airlines Flight 587 on November 12, 2001. [46] It was the first fatal accident involving the CRJ700 series and the deadliest crash involving any Bombardier CRJ aircraft. [ 47 ]
Families visit plane crash site days after disaster. Third helicopter pilot names as Capt Rebecca M. Lobach. Data from all three aircraft 'black boxes' being extracted. Photos show removal of ...
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation.In this role, the NTSB investigates and reports on aviation accidents and incidents, certain types of highway crashes, ship and marine accidents, pipeline incidents, bridge failures, and railroad accidents. [3]
The NTSB published video showing officials at the site of the fatal Jan. 31 plane crash in Philadelphia, which killed at least seven people and injured 22 others.
After eliminating all known sources of mechanical failure, the NTSB concluded in June 1981 in its final report, that the probable cause of the accident was the isolated extension of the No. 7 leading-edge slat from the flight crew manipulating the flap/slat controls in an inappropriate manner leading to an uncommanded roll to the right and the ...