NTSB Says Pilots Ignored Warning Messages Before Emergency Landing In Hartford In 2023

A new report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says that pilots mishandled warning messages on a plane forced to make an emergency landing in suburban Hartford, Connecticut.

The incident happened in 2023, and resulted in the death of a White House official who worked in both the Obama and Clinton administrations.

New rules dictate that a plane must respond to a warning message from the NTSB. The 27-page report was released on Friday, December 6. It read “The flight crew did not consult the airplane’s ‘Go/No-Go’ guide, but if they had, they would have found that the Rudder Limiter Fault advisory message was a ‘No-Go’ item, and that the Minimum Equipment List provided no relief to depart with that message displayed.”

The plane was headed to Virginia, but diverted to Bradley airport on March 6, 2023. Prior to the NTSB’s report, it was believed that the plane diverted due to turbulence.

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