Wednesday, February 3, 2010

NTSB releases report on Colgan 3407

http://www.ntsb.gov/Publictn/2010/AAR1001.htm

Interesting read. It seems that the final report is going to blame the captain for this one. We can all learn a few lessons from this accident. I disagree with finding #24:

"The pilots’ performance was likely impaired because of fatigue, but the extent of their impairment and the degree to which it contributed to the performance deficiencies that occurred during the flight cannot be conclusively determined."

I'd say the 49 lives lost says a lot about the degree to which fatigue affected performance. Maybe not the biggest factor, but it's way up there.

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