Sun, Feb 06, 2005
Agency Investigators To Interview Pilots As Soon As
Possible
On Wednesday, we reported to you that a Bombardier
Challenger 600 had skidded off the runway at the Teterboro Airport
(NJ), and impacted a building. Thankfully, no one was
killed in the accident, but at least three people remain in the
hospital, including the captain and first officer of the
cabin-class bizjet (file photo below).
NTSB investigators in the middle of their initial work to
determine the probable cause(s) of the crash have told the
Associated Press that they have found no evidence of icing on the
aircraft prior to takeoff.
Employees of a local
FBO at the airport were interviewed and both have stated that they
saw no ice on the wings or on any surfaces of the aircraft. In
addition, ten seconds of the aircraft's flight data recorder, as
well as data from the voice recorder, have been recovered. The NTSB
investigators are waiting for the captain and first officer to
recover enough to talk to them about what happened when the
accident took place.
The FBO company refueled the aircraft, but the pilots did not
request deicing. Other aircraft that were waiting to take off also
did not see icing on the CL-600. The voice recorder has not
uncovered any other immediate information. A review of the
recording by the investigators indicated that there was nothing
abnormal up to the point where the aircraft crashed.
Just before the crash, the voices of the cockpit crew are heard
saying that the takeoff is being aborted, but there was no
indication as to why, and the tape ends at the time of the impact
with the building. Skid marks were found on the runway beginning
some 1,000 feet before the impact.
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