Community Chat

[KathyPet]

I was just reading about the Air Dubai plane crash in Russia and that technical experts from the FAA and the NTSB would be going there to assist in the investigation.  Now we all know that there Are costs involved in sending staff.  Hotels, food, transportation plus if they are there then obviously they are not working on issues here.  Don't the two countries involved (Russian and Dubai) have their own staff for this?  Why does the US have to send government employees over there and who pays this cost?  This is not  the first time this has happened.  I notice that every time there is a crash anywhere the FAA and NTSB show up.   Why?..

[adoreqvc]

UPDATE: Are you for real KathyPet?????

Various Agencies and people go to assist others, and also learn why it happend, so perhaps our U.S. Agencies and others can ensure we/they do not suffer the same fate.

It is also for humanitarian reasons, and we have also received help from others when we also suffered  catastrophic events.

Human lives are precious and I wonder if you lost a loved one aboard that flight  KathyPet if you would be the first one to scream for help to be sent globally, and not ever question who would pay for those monetary costs, because no amount of $ can ever bring back a human life lost in a catastropic plane crash, or any other catastrophic event here in the United States or globally!

[KathyPet]

sorry, but can you cite examples of a airline crash on US soil involving a US Airliner when experts from other countries were asked to assist because I have never read  of any such assistance being used.  This was a crash involving No US citizens, not on US soil and not involving a US airline so why are we there?  As far as learning every time a crash happens there are extensive investigations and reports issued.  Why can't we learn from those?  Why do we have to spend our tax money flying people to another country for something like this?

[Desertdi]

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@KathyPet wrote:

sorry, but can you cite examples of a airline crash on US soil involving a US Airliner when experts from other countries were asked to assist because I have never read  of any such assistance being used.  This was a crash involving No US citizens, not on US soil and not involving a US airline so why are we there?  As far as learning every time a crash happens there are extensive investigations and reports issued.  Why can't we learn from those?  Why do we have to spend our tax money flying people to another country for something like this?

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It was an American made aircraft...........Can you imagine the propaganda if WE didn't investigate?

[Plaid Pants2]

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@KathyPet wrote:

sorry, but can you cite examples of a airline crash on US soil involving a US Airliner when experts from other countries were asked to assist because I have never read  of any such assistance being used.  This was a crash involving No US citizens, not on US soil and not involving a US airline so why are we there?  As far as learning every time a crash happens there are extensive investigations and reports issued.  Why can't we learn from those?  Why do we have to spend our tax money flying people to another country for something like this?

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No two crashes are exactly the same. Each crash is different and unique.

And this was a Boeing made airplane.

Boeing is made in the U.S. of A.

[ValuSkr]

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@Desertdi wrote:

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@KathyPet wrote:

sorry, but can you cite examples of a airline crash on US soil involving a US Airliner when experts from other countries were asked to assist because I have never read  of any such assistance being used.  This was a crash involving No US citizens, not on US soil and not involving a US airline so why are we there?  As far as learning every time a crash happens there are extensive investigations and reports issued.  Why can't we learn from those?  Why do we have to spend our tax money flying people to another country for something like this?

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It was an American made aircraft...........Can you imagine the propaganda if WE didn't investigate?

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I think desertDi is correct - we're included in the investigation because the plane was American-made - a Boeing 737.  I think French authorities are usually involved when an Airbus crashes.  Right or wrong, it seems like generally-accepted practice.  In this age of terrorism, it's not a bad thing.

[Sunshine Kate]

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@Plaid Pants2 wrote:

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@KathyPet wrote:

sorry, but can you cite examples of a airline crash on US soil involving a US Airliner when experts from other countries were asked to assist because I have never read  of any such assistance being used.  This was a crash involving No US citizens, not on US soil and not involving a US airline so why are we there?  As far as learning every time a crash happens there are extensive investigations and reports issued.  Why can't we learn from those?  Why do we have to spend our tax money flying people to another country for something like this?

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No two crashes are exactly the same. Each crash is different and unique.

And this was a Boeing made airplane.

Boeing is made in the U.S. of A.

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Oh wow!!  At least something is made in the USA.  

[KathyPet]

so, let Boeing send their people.  They are a private company let them pay for it.

[Marp]

The NTSB investigates and reports on all U.S. air carrier accidents, commuter and air taxi crashes, mid-air collisions, serious mishaps involving public use (government) aircraft and all fatal general aviation accidents. The NTSB also investigates accidents involving both civilian and military aircraft and crashes involving military aircraft where the functions of the FAA are at issue. Internationally, the NTSB investigates major accidents involving U.S. air carriers and U.S. manufactured airliners under the auspices of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The NTSB even investigates foreign air carrier crashes in U.S. possession and territories, such as the KAL 801 crash in Guam. 

[MaggieMack]

I was in Ground School class one morning at our airport, being held in the business aviation section away from commercial traffic. Out the window, we saw a small plane, a Cessna 150, clip another small plane with a wing while taxiing very slowly. No injuries, except to the ego. Yet the pilot was told not to move the plane until it could be seen by NTSB personnel.