Last years crash, and that includes the crew, the company they worked for, and even the federal aviation administration. The captain of the ill fated flight was fully aware the crew was in trouble. He new the first officer had placed the crew and passengers in danger but never took control of the aircraft. We may never know why. The first officer who was fired from his previous job was flying the hawker 700 too low slow causing the plane to stall just before the crash. They went from being too fast to being too slow. They were continuously below vras for the entire approach. Carl they were quick to criticize the faa for lack of oversite. Surveillance involves more than just checking boxes to make sure things were in place. You have to make sure theyre actually doing those things. Anybody can have a manual and have the forms filled out. Carl the ntsb was especially critical of the charter Flight Company itself. One board member says execuflight was infected with sloppiness. I looked int
One board member says exec unite was infested with sloppiness. I looked at exec unites web site last night and it said execuflight made safety the cornerstone of our business. Aircraft safety is our top priority and 135 regulations 135 establishes strict safety, maintenance and operation standards for charter Aircraft Operations and i agree. The part 135 does establish those standards. If you dont dont follow them they mean nothing. And this is an organization that did not Pay Attention to the maintenance. We saw the maintenance records were not accurate and didnt look into why the pilot was fired from his previous employer. Reporter this afternoon by phone we reached the owner of exec night. Do you feel the expect bears responsibility for the crash. The crash. We are regretful for the crash. We dont bear responsibility. We didnt do anything in that crash as a company to set it up for that. Some good has come out of the akron air tragedy. The f. A. A. Has come up with new oversight pro
Oh, my god. Another look and another listen of the shooting. Brandon richards was the man taking the video. He was in that euclid Avenue Retail parking lot. There were no customers near the shooting scene. Richardson said the suspect refused to follow suspects orders and put the car in reverse and attempted to pull over. One of the officers is actually hobbling. You now new video into our newsroom where the scene happened with the tape clearing away clearing the perimeter. We have a reporter on the scene. We are expecting Willoughby Police to have a press conference to give us more information not only about the shooting but the services conditions. Live pictures now of the press conference podium. Again, when it happens well be online. Getting answers, chris tanaka. Romona a suspect is charged in the shooting death of a 15yearold boy working at a mr. Heros sandwich shop. He was 15 minding his own business. Harry boomer has been following this story this past weekend and joins us with
Told has minor injuries. The suspect took off after hitting one of the officers and the other officer fired shots into his car and drove across euclid and crashed and thats when a witness says she walked to see what was going on. Here is what she said she saw. We just saw the crash at the ending and i ran over there and thought it was a car accident and tried helping them. I opened ther them. He was moaning. And three seconds later cops were behind me. When officers asked the person to exit, the driver threw the vehicle in reverse and ran into and pushed our motorcycle out into the parking lot and struck our officer in the process. Reporter the willoughby chief of police who you heard officerinvolved shooting and has been there since 1993 and said both officers involved are veteran officers of the Willoughby Police force. Of course this is still under investigation and right now the suspects name is not being released. When we learn more we will update you. When asked if the suspect fi
And they are celebrating their American League pennant. What a night. They are expected to land at hopkins within the hour. Our harry boomer is there waiting and harry we know it is late, but im sure a lot of people are there to cheer on the tribe. Reporter well, a lot of people may be on the way right now, but they dont know where to go. We have been here for a couple three hours now, but we found some dedicated fans out here right now who are waiting for this is ryan kelly and today is his birthday. What a birthday present. This is the greatest birthday present i can ever think of in my life. I am so happy. Like lebron said in northeast ohio, nothing is given and everything is earned. This indians team is my favorite. They over came every single one of them. They did it for you and all of us in greater cleveland. Happy birthday. Thank you so much. Indian fans no doubt. Lets go. This is the kind of enthusiasm we have seen all year for indians fans. So we have to wait for the plane to