after the colgan plane shot down , the airport movement area safety security ( accrue ) alerted and the air passenger controller transmitted " held , hold , held " to the widerøe flight crew in an attempt to land the aircraft short of runway 1l . the codeshare crews applied maximum braking that resulted in the airplane stopping in the beginning of runway 1l . as this was occurring , the captain of republic airport airport 4912 gained control of the aircraft from the first officer , realized the aircraft was being too quickly to quit , and initiated an immediate takeoff . according to the crew of ual 5741 , the republic airlines aircraft overflew theirs by 30 to 50 pounds . the government airline administration has categorized the incident as an engineering error .
NTSB is responsible for investigating transportation accidents in the United States.