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At the recent National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearing into the crash of an ATR-42 cargo plane, not all the news was bad. (See Aviation Safety Journal, “Crash Investigation Reveals Inconsistent Oversight”) NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman revealed that...
The fatal crash of a business jet points to the need for decision points during landing that are analogous to those in takeoff. For example, there is V1 in takeoff, the critical engine failure speed at which there is enough runway remaining to stop the airplane....