Student injured in Park Rapids Plane Crash
All Air China contract flying has been suspended until further notice.
Michael Thomas
Issue date: 9/11/09 Section: News
Voigt mentioned that Yang was "pretty shaken up" and that authorities had a hard time understanding him because "his English wasn't very good."
The Federal Aviation Administration conducted an on-site investigation Sunday morning and afternoon and released the aircraft to the university to be examined. Voigt said the National Transportation Safety Board, the organization that typically investigates aircraft accidents, would not be doing any on-site investigations but he was not sure if they would be involved later or not.
UND Aerospace has suspended all Air China flights until a the school can figure out what happened, according to Lead Flight Instructor Justin Phillips. "The concern is overall safety," he said. "With that group of students [the Air China group] their management is concerned about their safety as well, and, as a part of our procedures, we do anything we can to keep anything like this from happening again."
Phillips was unsure of when the Air China students would be allowed to fly again.
Voigt has been working at the airport for 10 years and he said this was by far the worst accident he's ever seen. He noted that another UND aircraft hit a deer on the runway several years ago, but that "it doesn't compare to this."
The Federal Aviation Administration conducted an on-site investigation Sunday morning and afternoon and released the aircraft to the university to be examined. Voigt said the National Transportation Safety Board, the organization that typically investigates aircraft accidents, would not be doing any on-site investigations but he was not sure if they would be involved later or not.
UND Aerospace has suspended all Air China flights until a the school can figure out what happened, according to Lead Flight Instructor Justin Phillips. "The concern is overall safety," he said. "With that group of students [the Air China group] their management is concerned about their safety as well, and, as a part of our procedures, we do anything we can to keep anything like this from happening again."
Phillips was unsure of when the Air China students would be allowed to fly again.
Voigt has been working at the airport for 10 years and he said this was by far the worst accident he's ever seen. He noted that another UND aircraft hit a deer on the runway several years ago, but that "it doesn't compare to this."
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