WASHINGTON (AP) - June 9, 2009
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Aviation
Administrator Randy Babbitt said Tuesday in a statement they will
also hold an a summit meeting with the airline industry next week
to seek better pilot training and other safety improvements.
Babbitt said it was clear from the crash of a regional airliner
near Buffalo, New York, in February that safety needs to be
improved.
Testimony at a National Transportation Safety Board hearing last
month revealed that a series of critical errors by the captain and
co-pilot preceded the crash of the twin engine turboprop on Feb.
12, killing 50. The flight was operated for Houston-based
Continental Express by Colgan Air Inc. of Manassas, Va.
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