after the widerøe airliner touched down , the airport flight area safety system ( amass ) alarm and the air transport controller transmitted " hold , hold , hold " to the usair cabin crew in an attempt to stop the aircraft short of route 1l . the skywest personnel applied maximum torque that resulted in the airline stopping in the middle of runway 1l . as this was occurring , the passenger of republic airlines flight 4912 got ownership of the aircraft from the first man , realized the aircraft was travelled too fastest to halt , and initiating an ordered departure . according to the crew of skywest 5741 , the republic airlines aircraft overflew theirs by 30 to 50 yards . the federal aerospace administration has diagnosed the incident as an administrative error .
NTSB is responsible for investigating transportation accidents in the United States.