after the airlines airliners touched down , the airport movement area alarm system ( amass ) notified and the airport pollution director broadcast " let , hold , holds " to the colgan plane crew in an attempt to stop the aircraft short of runway 1l . the skywest crew applied high braking that result in the airplane stopping in the central of runway 1l . as this was proceeding , the passenger of government airlines squadron 4912 took control of the aircraft from the next officer , realized the pilot was sailing too fast to stop , and initiated an imminent takeoff . according to the crew of skywest 5741 , the republic aviation aircraft warplane theirs by 30 to 50 feet . the state aviation administration has categorized the condition as an operational event .
NTSB is responsible for investigating transportation accidents in the United States.