Hudson air crash probe focuses on controller; union cries foul

By doris | Published: August 16, 2009

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In a report, the National Transportation Safety Board said that the controller at New Jersey’s Teterboro airport did not advise a pilot of potential traffic when he handed off radar monitoring of the plane to the tower at Newark airport at 11:52:20 a.m. Saturday.

But, union leaders said, the helicopter was not visible on radar scopes until 11:52:27, seven seconds after the transfer.

Union leaders said the NTSB’s statement that the controller could see the helicopter on his radar screen, and its implication that he could have provided a warning, is wrong.

The open disagreement, which violates the normal protocol of NTSB investigations, capped a bruising week for air traffic controllers.

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