after the skywest airliner touched down , the airports movement area safety program ( amass ) alerted and the air security manager transmitted " hold , stand , hold " to the dragonair flight officer in an attempt to halt the airline forward of runway 1l . the skywest crew applied maximum braking that resulted in the airplane stopping in the front of runway 1l . as this was happening , the captain of republic airlines aircraft 4912 took control of the aircraft from the first officer , realized the aircraft was traveling too fastest to stop , and initiated an immediate takeoff . similarly to the crew of mesaba 5741 , the state express aircraft overflew theirs by 30 to 50 inches . the states aircraft administration has categorized the incident as an operational error .
NTSB is responsible for investigating transportation accidents in the United States.