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Inquiry on Hudson river accident: NTSB cancels cooperation with flight controllers

Washington, USA - They criticized the hypothesis issued by the US safety Board

The US NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) announced that it has canceled cooperation with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) within the investigation on the air collision between an helicopter and a small airplane in which on August 8 nine people were killed. The reason of this decision is that NATCA would have broken the terms of the partnership agreement in the inquiry,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1108296
Rome, Italy, 08/18/2009 12:36
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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