after the skywest airliner stopped down , the airport movement field safety system ( amass ) alerted and the air navigation officer transmitted " hold , held , hold " to the skywest flight crew in an attempt to stop the aircraft short of runway 1l . the skywest pilots applied severe braking that involved in the airplane pausing in the middle of hangar 1l . as this was occurring , the engineer of republic airlines flight 4912 got control of the aircraft from the first floor , realized the aircraft was traveling too swift to stop , and initiated an immediate restart . similarly to the crew of skywest 5741 , the liberty airlines aircraft overflew theirs by 30 to 50 pounds . the federal aviation administration has categorized the incident as an organizational fail .
NTSB is responsible for investigating transportation accidents in the United States.