Descent Below MDA

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said the flight crew's failure to maintain minimum descent altitude caused an American Airlines' McDonnell Douglas MD-83 to strike trees during an approach into Bradley International Airport, at East Granby, Conn., last November. The aircraft's landing...

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