Mark Rosenker
Mark Rosenker
Mark Rosenker is an American aviation official who served as the 11th Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Boardfrom August 2006 through August 2008. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Chairman Rosenker was renominated by President Bush for a second term as Chair and was going through the Senate confirmation process which basically ended when President Obama was elected in November 2008. He served as acting chair starting in March 2005...
details shared
We don't want to get into the details of what he shared with us.
quickly safely trying
We're trying to do this as quickly as possible, as safely as possible.
extremely serious
This was extremely disappointing. When you get in the cockpit, this is serious business.
port
We want to give the port back to the captain.
test unsafe
We terminated the test because it was unsafe at that point.
captain history human looking particular rules
We will be looking at all factors. The training, human factors, the history of this particular captain and the rules and regulations he operates under,
amazing last lucky people pictures
We were very, very lucky last night. People could have died. When you look at the pictures of the automobiles that were crushed, it's amazing that they weren't.
dealing fast hour miles per
Sixty-nine miles per hour is very, very fast when you're dealing with a 10-mile-an-hour restriction.
dealing fast hour miles
Sixty-nine miles an hour is very, very fast when you're dealing with a 10-mile-an-hour restriction,
disaster distracted drive learning recipe
Learning to drive and being distracted is a recipe for disaster.
definitely disaster distracted drive learning recipe
Learning how to drive while distracted is definitely a recipe for disaster.
appears crack extend fatigue location majority seen trying
We've seen fatigue. We don't know why that fatigue appeared. That is what we're trying to determine. This crack appears to extend through a majority of the spar at the location of the separation.
anywhere car crossing dangers drive drove goes people process rail remember sensitive train
Remember who drove the car into the crossing area. Who drove the car? The train didn't drive there. It goes there. It can't go anywhere else, ... The decision-making process was made by a driver. People have to be sensitive to the dangers of these rail crossings.
although badly cables came holding large piece
The aircraft, although badly mangled, came up in one large piece because of all the wires and cables that were holding it together.