Mark Rosenker
Mark Rosenker
Mark Rosenker is an American aviation official who served as the 11th Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Boardfrom August 2006 through August 2008. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Chairman Rosenker was renominated by President Bush for a second term as Chair and was going through the Senate confirmation process which basically ended when President Obama was elected in November 2008. He served as acting chair starting in March 2005...
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There is this myth out there that says if you're involved in a catastrophic aircraft accident the odds are extremely low. That's inaccurate. The odds are extremely high.
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This is a delicate operation. There's a great deal of science to this type of recovery.
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It was unfortunate, careless behavior that left that switch misaligned,
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The very essence of the EMS mission is saving lives. Operating an EMS flight in an unsafe environment just makes no sense.
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Sixty-nine miles an hour is very, very fast when you're dealing with a 10-mile-an-hour restriction,
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Investigators will closely examine the maintenance records to determine any information that helps us understand the flight load history of the aircraft, any repairs made to this area of the wing or any other historical information that helps us determine the sequence of events that lead to this tragic accident.
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The board believes that this urgent recommendation, if acted upon quickly, will go a long way to prevent a catastrophic failure of the rudder.
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Learning to drive and being distracted is a recipe for disaster.
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The aircraft, although badly mangled, came up in one large piece because of all the wires and cables that were holding it together.
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It's like a scientific road test of the vessel, ... Tomorrow, we're going to learn significantly more.
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The National Transportation Safety Board has made runway safety a top priority since 1990 and continues to encourage the FAA to develop and implement effective means for preventing runway incursions,
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We terminated the test because it was unsafe at that point.
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This was extremely disappointing. When you get in the cockpit, this is serious business.
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We have to look at event data recorder in more detail. We must also coordinate that with the signal logs, which will give us an idea of what was supposed to have happened.