Former TWA Pilot Involved In 'Spiral Dive' To Seek Court Action Against NTSB

Retired TWA pilot H.G. (Hoot) Gibson plans to file suit Jan. 13 seeking to force the National Transportation Safety Board to reopen the investigation into a six-mile "spiral dive" experienced by a Boeing 727 he was flying in 1979. The board concluded that Gibson and the cockpit crew were responsible...

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