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Official: Controller didn't correct pilot in Hudson crash
Quick ReadPilot in deadly crash over Hudson was not corrected by an air traffic controller who was on a personal call, safety official says.
Photo credit: AP | FILE -- In this Aug. 10, 2009 file photo, the wreckage of a helicopter that was hit by an airplane and crashed in the Hudson River is repositioned by a crane on a pier in Hoboken, NJ. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)
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Helicopter, plane collide over Hudson
An airplane pilot who read back an inaccurate radio frequency a minute before the deadly midair crash over the Hudson River was not corrected by an air traffic controller on a personal call at the time, a safety official said Wednesday.
During testimony before a congressional committee, National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Deborah Hersman said the controller at Teterboro Airport...
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