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Braking action then the tower is advised that the pilot or the tower got this information with the pilot and then the tower passes that on and they will say delta flight whatever core braking action and so that is the two sources of information a pilot have and both come from the airport and air traffic control. this was an md-88. does not, the type of aircraft matter when it comes to the weather conditions? sure. it sure can. it also mattered with the flying skills. now, we don t know all what was going on. for example, american airlines i think flight 1421 june 1 1999 little rock arkansas standing water on the runway and they too, got no braking act action. they didn t set the spoilers that help slow the aircraft down and pilot decisions to be made whether or not you use the thrust reversers on an icy ....
Preliminary report last week which said the plane had a tail wind of 21 miles per hour with gusts up to 28 miles per hour. they believe weather did play a role in the crash. we had aviation expert mike foye take a look. here are his thoughts. the pilot shouldn t have landed. i think that s what they are going to come out with. a heavy tail wind, tried to get down. they didn t have the skills to get outfit it and the airplane did crash. the good news is two people survived in that. it s clearly going to be something that involves pilot error or pilot decisions. reporter: now, the ntsb says it could be a year until we actually get an official cause, gretchen. thank you so much, alicia. pentagon set to reverse itself onward robbery rule. why they will allow turbins and facial hair for our soldiers. you may have never heard of jennifer settler, with 2 million ....