NTSB urges ban on copter flights with unsafe harness systems
NEW YORK (AP) " New York City's deadly helicopter crash has prompted the National Transportation Safety Board to call on federal regulators to prohibit commercial flights that use passenger harness systems that do not allow for easy release.The NTSB's recommendation on Monday comes after last week's helicopter crash in the East River. Five passengers who couldn't free themselves from their harnesses drowned. The pilot escaped.The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday [...]
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