Defective, malfunctioning and worn out hardware and components are the root cause of several of the aviation crashes that California plane crash lawyers come across. The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a recommendation urging complete and detailed inspections of emergency transmitters in all general aviation aircraft. The recommendation stems from a private plane crash in Alaska last year that killed Sen. Ted Stevens and three other people.
The plane crash that killed the Republican Sen. involved a float plane that was transporting members of a fishing party. The NTSB believes that poor visibility was a factor for the plane going down in remote wooded terrain. Four people died in the crash. The injured survivors had to wait for five hours until rescue teams spotted them from the air.
According to the search teams, they were unable to detect a signal from the emergency transmitter. It later turned out that the transmitter had broken off from the antenna, and therefore, was not able to transmit a signal. The emergency transmitter is meant to transmit signals that can be received by rescue teams, facilitating faster and quicker rescue.
According to investigators, the emergency transmitter in the crash that killed Sen. Stevens, was meant to be inspected every year. However, there were no specific references about the condition of the device mentioned in the plane's maintenance records, although there are requirements for such details to be noted.
The National Transportation Safety Board is asking the Federal Aviation Administration to mandate regular and specific inspections for existing emergency transmitter systems. The federal agency has called on the Federal Aviation Administration to evaluate the need for even tighter safety requirements in the future.
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