Saturday, April 10, 2010
Transcript Released After Plane Flight Aborted
WEST VIRGINIA....
According to a voice recorder transcript released this week by the National Transportation Safety Board, the pilots of US Airways Express Flight 2495 were engaged in an extended conversation about their dream sports cars while preparing for take off from Yeager Airport in January with 34 people on board. That flight was aborted when a warning sounded that the flaps were in the wrong position. The regional airliner stopped a short distance from a cliff when the jet ran off the runway and hit the EMAS area.
According to a voice recorder transcript released this week by the National Transportation Safety Board, the pilots of US Airways Express Flight 2495 were engaged in an extended conversation about their dream sports cars while preparing for take off from Yeager Airport in January with 34 people on board. That flight was aborted when a warning sounded that the flaps were in the wrong position. The regional airliner stopped a short distance from a cliff when the jet ran off the runway and hit the EMAS area.
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