“The flight data recorder contained approximately 55 hours of data and recorded more than 400 parameters.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“The cockpit voice recorder contained more than two hours of good quality audio”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“Throttles increased to values consistent with go around thrust.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“No indication in the recorded data that speed brakes or thrust reversers were deployed.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“So the information I provided is only what's on the flight data recorder. What we need to do is talk to the crew and get their account to understand how they're manipulating the controls in order to get a better understanding of the situation.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“Overran runway 30 on landing, struck navigational aids and equipment, then impacted a 2012 white Ford Econoline van that was owned by Professional Ocean Service Corporation which is a contract cleaning company for the airlines.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“and they will look at the lack thereof of an engineered materials arresting system or EMAS”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“what this is is crushable, lightweight material that's at the end of a runway that safely stops an aircraft.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“The questions are on EMAS and whether that would have helped prevent this tragedy, and should the EMAS be everywhere at every airport? That will be a key part of our investigation.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“We do have information on speed. We do have data, but it's from various sources, and we want to confirm that data with a flight data recorder, so we're going to hold on that for now.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“That will be something that we look at. We look at that as part of any investigation, but we don't have evidence to that yet.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“We have the manifest of the cargo and a hazmat team on site. They did confirm there was no hazmat on board.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“Tomorrow, they have interviews scheduled with the assistant chief pilot and both pilots of this aircraft.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“THE QUESTION IS WHAT TYPE OF PERISHABLE EVIDENCE DOES OUR TEAM STILL NEED TO FIND?”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“we're also trying to figure out who was on duty then.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“we have viewed airport CCTV security coverage which shows the left engine detaching from the wing during the takeoff roll.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“The cockpit voice recorder contained two hours and four minutes of what we consider good quality digital recorded audio.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“During this time, the crew engaged in efforts to attempt to control the aircraft before the crash.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“The bulk of the left engine pylon was still attached to the left engine when the engine separated from the wing.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“we know that that area needs to be an area of focus.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“To date, UPS has indicated to us that it was not delayed and that there was not maintenance work done immediately before.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“We have not formed an ATC group. We have specialists in that, but at this point, it has not elevated itself to the point to where we feel they need an entire working group.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“right now we're not seeing something that says we need to open up an airport working group in regard to the closure of the runway”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“we have no problem or concern if we find something that is of life safety or that is urgent of making an urgent recommendation to date we have not found anything that would indicate we need to take that action”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“Obviously, we have a working theory right now, and we're trying to validate that against the FDR.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“we know that there was a fire occurring.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“The cockpit voice recorder contained more than 25 hours of good quality audio across four separate channels.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“At 54 seconds, the flight crew acknowledged that the airplane was 500 feet above the ground and on a stable”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“At 20 seconds, the tower cleared truck one and company to cross runway four at taxiway Delta.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“At six seconds, there was a pilot transfer of controls from one pilot to the other.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“Their analysis shows that the ASDX system did not alert.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“Truck one, however, did not have a transponder.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“Again, I do not know. We do have no indication that was a factor here, but it is a shift that we have been focused on in past investigations.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“I would caution pointing fingers at controllers and saying distraction was involved.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“We don't know that yet. We need to do interviews of those two firefighters.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“We have to look at records, there's sign-in sheets, we have to do interviews, we have to look at time cards”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“We may have information that comes our way that we didn't expect, so we don't rule anything out until later.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“we rarely, if ever, investigate a major accident where it was one failure.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“We have located the two engines, but for the cockpit voice recorder, we are still looking for it.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“The entire flight lasted less than a minute.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“Certainly it's critical so we can hear what's happening in the cockpit. However, it doesn't mean that we can't continue our investigation and complete it, we can.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“We do not know enough facts to be able to rule in or out human factor, mechanical factors.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“we have not recovered the flight data recorders yet. We know they're there. They are underwater.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“Nothing we've seen would indicate that maybe slides or shoots were deployed.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“The exam to date has shown that the door in fact did translate upward. All 12 stops became disengaged, allowing it to blow out of the fuselage.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“At this time, we have no indications whatsoever that this correlated in any way to the expulsion of the door plug and the rapid decompression.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next
“Deicing is a procedure that is done routinely during the winter periods, and there are no indications that is contributory in any way to this event.”
NTSB Investigators on the Record: What the Recorders Showed, What Failed, What They Ruled Out, and What Comes Next