Topic: Steven Chealander

Pilot error may have downed Buffalo flight: report

AFP American Edition - 1081 days ago
Investigators of last week's plane crash near Buffalo found evidence that pilot error -- and not ice build-up -- may have led to the accident that killed 50 people, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.Citing people familiar with the situation, the daily ...

No breakthrough for Buffalo crash investigators

AFP American Edition - 1082 days ago
Investigators were wrapping up their work at the charred site of impact but still had no breakthrough Tuesday on what caused a plane crash near Buffalo that left 50 people dead.In a harrowing plunge, Continental Airlines Flight 3407 dropped 800 feet ...

US plane was on autopilot before icy crash

AFP Global Edition - 1084 days ago
A commuter plane that crashed near the northern US city of Buffalo, killing 50 people, was on autopilot as it descended to earth, in violation of federal safety recommendations, a federal investigator said Sunday.National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator Steven Chealander ...

US investigators to review doomed plane's recorders

AFP Global Edition - 1084 days ago
Officials investigating the plane crash that killed 50 people outside of the northern US city of Buffalo were to examine on Sunday the flight data and cockpit voice recorders, officials said.National Transportation Safety Board () investigator Steven Chealander said the review team ...

US investigators to examine doomed plane's recorders

AFP Global Edition - 1084 days ago
Officials investigating the plane crash that killed 50 people outside of the northern US city of Buffalo were set to meet early Sunday to examine flight data and cockpit voice recorders.National Transportation Safety Board () investigator Steven Chealander said the review team ...

Ice buildup reported on US plane before crash

AFP Global Edition - 1086 days ago
=(Graphic+Picture+Video)=An ice buildup may have contributed to the crash of a Continental Airlines plane that went down outside of the northern US city of Buffalo, killing 50 people, federal investigators have suggested.Continental Flight 3407, on a flight from ...

NTSB: Plane crash investigation has no 1 focus

AP News - 1281 days ago
NTSB member says no single focus yet for investigation of deadly Minnesota plane crashNational Transportation Safety Board investigators haven't focused on any single issue yet as they seek the cause of the corporate jet crash that killed eight people, a board ...