NTSB slams airline for withholding documents after fatal crash
Accident near Buffalo, NY killed 50
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman today criticized Pinnacle Airlines Corp. for failing to provide relevant documents to NTSB personnel who were investigating a Feb., 2009 commuter plane crash that killed all 45 passengers and four crew members onboard as well as one person on the ground.
Hersman sent a strongly-worded request for the internal documents -- which concern the training and qualifications of the Flight 3407's captain and first officer -- to the airline, which is the parent company of Colgan Air. She said the existence of the internal documents came to light two weeks ago.