Hometown News: Flight 3407 Hearings Begin

The National Transportation Safety Board begins three days of public hearings today on the crash of Flight 3407. This week's NTSB hearings are expected to turn a critical eye on Colgan Air, which operated the Continental plane, and on the pilot, Captain Marvin Renslow. Since the crash, there have been allegations that fatigue may have impaired the captain's judgement. There have also been reports that Renslow was not properly trained to use the emergency equipment that was designed to keep the airplane from stalling. A spokesman for Colgan Air released a statement ahead of today's hearing saying Captain Renslow was fully qualified to pilot the Bombardier Q400 commuter plane and that he had been given more than enough time off to rest before he reported to work on the day of the crash.