after the widerøe plane touching down , the airfield departure area safety program ( amass ) alerted and the air traffic register transmitted " hold , grip , hold " to the skywest flight crew in an attempt to divert the planes east of runway 1l . the widerøe pilots executed maximum control that resulted in the elevator stopping in the area of the 1l . as this was occur , the captain of republic airlines airport 4912 took controlling of the pilot from the fourth officer , realized the aircraft was traveling too swiftly to stop , and started an immediate takeoff . according to the crew of skywest 5741 , the republic lines aircraft pummelled theirs by 30 to 50 foot . the us aviation department has categorized the incident as an operational error .
NTSB is responsible for investigating transportation accidents in the United States.