The Chalk’s Ocean Airways seaplane that crashed last year had several major repairs to the wing that separated just after takeoff on the fatal flight and many pilots grew increasingly concerned about poor maintenance overall, federal investigators said Thursday.
The crash of Chalk’s Airline’s 101 flight killed eleven Bahamians and one long-time Bimini residemt.
According to the Associated Press some Chalk’s pilots became so worried about maintenance in 2004 that three captains quit, according to documents released by the National Transportation Safety Board about the December 19 crash off Miami Beach that killed a11 20 people on board.
“There was a widespread perception that pilot complaints were not properly addressed by maintenance and that it was often necessary to write up the same problem repeatedly until it was fixed,” investigators quoted a Chalk’s pilot Robert Lutz, as saying.
Source: The Tribune
