Wyoming crash inspires NTSB recommendations
May 12, 2011, 01:12 pm
The fatal crash during which a private plane crashed in a mountain range in Wyoming in the fall of 2010 has inspired the National Transportation Safety Board to propose certain recommendations that may enhance safety in the difficult terrain, according to the Star Tribune.
The NTSB is recommending three distinct changes to the Jackson Hole air-traffic control system. The source says the first is to establish clear departure procedures at the airport that inform pilots of the safest route and mandate that they follow it, rather than deciding their own path.
Additionally, the other two recommendations suggest that air traffic control software at the airport should warn controllers when and aircraft is too low and should also continue to transmit the warning if the aircraft goes off radar, the source says.
The NTSB hopes the rules may help prevent more tragic accidents, like the one that inspired the rules in which the pilot and three of his sons lost their lives.
Though these recommendations may help improve flight safety in the area, they cannot become official rules unless the Federal Aviation Administration approves them. Still pilots should also take measures to protect themselves as well, including heightened awareness in difficult flight terrains and pilot life insurance to care for their families, should a tragedy occur.
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