NTSB finds probable cause in deadly 2019 midair collision near Ketchikan: Pilots couldn't see each other, and disabled equipment led to missing alerts
Print article The pilots of two flightseeing planes that collided near Ketchikan in May 2019 didn’t see each other because their views were partly obstructed. But they also didn’t get alerts about nearby aircraft in the crucial minutes before the crash because equipment that could have provided alerts wasn’t working properly. That’s according to a probable cause finding issued Tuesday by the five members of the National Transportation Safety Board, meeting remotely from the Washington, D.C., area. Six people died — Mountain Air Service pilot Randy Sullivan and his four passenger...
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