A-07-072
NTSB Safety Recommendation — Aviation
Recommendation text
TO UNITED STATES CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION: Review the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s methods of developing lost-link mission profiles to ensure that lost-link mission profile routes minimize the potential safety impact to persons on the ground, optimize the ability to recover the data link, and, in the absence of data-link recovery, provide the capability to proceed to a safe zone for a crash landing.
In plain language (FlightFinder summary)
United States Customs and Border Protection is asked to review its methods for developing lost-link mission profiles. The goal is to ensure that these routes minimize safety risks to people on the ground, improve the chance of recovering the data link, and provide a way to reach a safe zone for a crash landing if the link cannot be restored.
This plain-language summary is written by FlightFinder to explain the recommendation above. It is not the official wording — the verbatim NTSB text is quoted above.
Details
| Status | Closed - Acceptable Action |
|---|---|
| Mode | Aviation |
| Closed | Jun 22, 2009 |
| NTSB number | CHI06MA121 |
| Addressees | United States Department of Homeland Security, United States Customs and Border Protection |
External links
NTSB safety recommendations are advisory; addressees are not legally required to adopt them. Source: NTSB CAROL (public domain).