NTSB urges better pilot storm training after more crashes
The NTSB cites an alarmingly higher rate of terminal area thunderstorms crashes from 1972 to 1976 with 51 deaths and calls airlines to improve pilot training and procedures. Todd warns schedule pressure and weak terminal area policies may influence pilots to fly into storms until advanced wind sensing exists.
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NTSB
Webster B. Todd Jr
Todd
Dust hid pilot's view on takeoff in Continental 727 incident
Continental Airlines pilot Capt. Thomas Gullett testified at a NASA hearing that dust and sand obscured part of the Tucson runway during takeoff on June 3. Officials suggested the jet may have been over the maximum weight and that not all the runway was used, contributing to a near disaster with power lines.
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Charles “Pete” Conrad
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Bob Burgin
Stapleton International Airport
Denver
Gullett
John Garrett
el Paso
Texas
Burgin
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