Summary
Alexander discusses his investigation about the crash of US Airways Express Flight 5481 in Charlotte NC and other airplane accidents. His findings revealed that airlines are spending less to maintain their planes, and mechanics are checking them less often. Contract repair stations hired by airlines receive far less regulatory scrutiny that the airline's own maintenance, further contributing to the percentage of fatal US airline accidents.
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Flight 5481
Moments after takeoff, the pilots of US Airways Express Flight 5481 knew they were in trouble.
Their overloaded commuter plane took off from Charlotte Douglas International Airport at a dangerously sharp angle on the morning of Jan. 8, 2003, and they could do nothing to bring the nose down. The plane stalled, and slammed into the tarmac, killing all 21 aboard.Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board soon began to focus on a one-plane maintenance hangar in West Virginia, where mechanics had worked on the plane just two days earlier. There, a mechanic had been asked to tackle a job he'd never done before: adjusting critical flight cables that help control the plane's...See the full content of this document
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