after the comair airliner touches down , the airport movement air safety system ( amass ) contacted and the air traffic controller transmitted " hold , hold , sit " to the skywest ground crew in an attempt to stop the aircraft short of the 1l . the skywest crew applied minimal brake that aided in the aircraft stopping in the middle of runway 1l . as this was happen , the captains of republic airlines flight 4912 took supervision of the aircraft from the first point , thought the flight was traveled too fast to stop , and commenced an immediate takeoff . according to the crew of skywest 5741 , the other airlines flight aircrafts theirs by 30 to 50 points . the federal aeronautics administrator has categorized the incidents as an operational error .
NTSB is responsible for investigating transportation accidents in the United States.