Thursday, 12 November 2015 17:21

NTSB: Engines Removed In Akron Plane Crash

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The National Transportation Safety Board has provided another update into that jet crash into an Ellet apartment building that killed 9 people aboard.

NTSB vice-chairman Bella Dinh-Zarr says that significant parts of the Hawker jet have been taken away for examination.

"Both engines have been removed for further inspection off-site," she told reporters at an Akron news conference on Thursday. "and we're still searching for the digital engine computers to retrieve the engine data parameters."

Those engines are headed for Honeywell for further examination.

The cockpit voice recorder was damaged outside, though the tape inside was not damaged.

Still, the NTSB says that there were 30 minutes of "poor quality" audio from the flight crew.

"On the recording, the crew discussed the localizer approach procedures to runway 2-5 at Akron Fulton International," Dinh-Zarr said. "The crew also discussed weather conditions as being wind from 240 degrees at 8 knots, 1 1/2 miles visibility and 600 feet overcast."

Though fire consumed the main body of the plane, Dinh-Zarr says the plane was intact before impact, and they're examining the four corners of the plane...and looking for airplane parts in the wreckage.

The NTSB will have no more on-site briefings here, and will be in Akron the next couple of days.

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