after the skywest aircraft touched down , the airport movement area safety system ( amass ) alerted and the air transport register transmitted " held , hold , hold " to the skywest flight crew in an attack to stop the aircraft short of platform 1l . the skywest crew applied maximum braking that resulted in the airplane stopping in the middle of blade 1l . as this was occurring , the captain of republic airlines airline 4912 took control of the aircraft from the first officer , knew the flight was traveling too rapidly to slow , and launched an operator boarding . according to the crew of widerøe 5741 , the republic air aircraft overflew theirs by 30 to 50 minutes . the federal aviation organization has categorized the incident as an aircraft error .
NTSB is responsible for investigating transportation accidents in the United States.