The National Transportation Safety Board said Friday that it had issued subpoenas for three pilots of an American Airlines jet after a close call last month.
The APA said previous NTSB incident interviews with crew members had been conducted "in a manner in which notes were taken by the parties or a stenographic record was produced."
"NTSB investigations are intended to be fact-finding proceedings with no adverse parties. We do not believe that this should be an adversarial issue. In fact, the Board’s own published investigation manuals reflect its long-held position that the non-consensual recording of witness interviews is not permitted," the APA said.
The NTSB said the American Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft crossed an active runway on Jan. 13 without approval from air traffic controllers, leading to a close call withthat was taking off on the same runway.The planes were separated by about 1,400 feet at the closest point. However, disaster was averted when an air traffic controller told the Delta pilots to stop their takeoff. The American Airlines plane took off shortly after the incident and the Delta pilots returned to the gate.
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