USAir Flight 5050 accident

Title

USAir Flight 5050 accident

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

23 Sep 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:31

Description

Paul Woodley reports from New York on the investigation into an accident where a Boeing 737 skidded off a runway at take off at New York’s LaGuardia airport and plunged into the East River (21/09/89). Includes press interview with James Colstad, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, about the role of the pilots in the crash.

Contributors

Paul Woodley; James Colstad

Keywords

USA; Air accidents; New York; Pilots; Aeroplanes; Inquests; Civil aircraft; Boeing; Crashes (aircraft); LaGuardia airport

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