To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. At Northwest a pilot must fly at least 1,000 hours as a co-pilot on a particular model in order to become a captain on that type of aircraft, said Northwest spokesman Redmond Tyler.
Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). Mr. Hicks said it was the airline's policy for the cockpit crew to inspect a plane's exterior every 20 minutes after it had been de-iced to make sure that falling snow had not produced a dangerous new accumulation.
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Sorry! Bruecher was making only his second trip in the cockpit of a DC-9 when the plane crashed, NTSB chairman Jim Burnett said at a news conference Friday night. A system error has occurred. Pilots aren’t robots.”. The result was that their plane, after being de-iced, was exposed to continuing snowfall for a longer time than at least one other plane before finally being cleared to take off. Try again.
One reason for this is that snow or ice accumulations on the wings have been cited in safety board staff documents as a key factor in three previous nonfatal accidents of the early model DC-9. based on information from your browser. We have set your language to On the question of pilot experience, Bruce Hicks, Continental`s vice president for public relations, acknowledged that Zvonek and Bruecher had only ''roughly 18 or 20 legs'' each on DC-9s. Endorsement: The Times endorses Hoffman, Anderson, Henderson and Han for LACCD.
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As federal investigators continued their search for the cause of the accident, which 54 people survived, there were these other disclosures: - The pilot and copilot erred in failing to tell the control tower at Stapleton that they were pulling away from the terminal gate and going to a de-icing facility. It will be the first time that the public has had access to what was said before the crash by Capt. Los Angeles Community College District elections: Everything you need to know.
United Airlines requires that the captain make 10 takeoffs and landings before allowing a co-pilot to fly.
Following is a partial list, released by Continental Airlines and Denver health officials, of crew members and passengers who were killed. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. The disclosure was the latest development dramatizing how the issue has arisen over whether lack of experience on the part of the crew during a difficult winter-like takeoff caused the tragedy Sunday in a howling Colorado snowstorm. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person.
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Capt. Continental's Flight 1713 flipped over on takeoff at Stapleton International Airport on Nov. 15, 1987, killing both pilots and 26 other people.