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Federal Aviation Administration: Traffic Controllers Did Not Contribute To Air Crash

NY1 08/15/2009 03:00
Federal Aviation Administration: Traffic Controllers Did Not Contribute To Air Crash - FAA - Aviation - USA - air crash


As federal officials investigate last week's deadly collision between a helicopter and small plane over the Hudson River, new details are emerging about the conduct of an air traffic controller in the moments before the crash.



A report by the National Transportation Safety Board says a controller at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey made a phone call after clearing the single-engine Piper plane for takeoff on August 8 at 11:48 a.m.

According to the Associated Press, the controller's conversation was about a dead cat that had been removed from the airport.

The report says the controller then told the pilot at 11:52 a.m. to contact Newark Liberty Airport, which is part of procedure, but that the pilot apparently did not contact Newark.

The plane and helicopter crashed a minute later, at 11:53 a.m.


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