Pilots Didn’t Know Telluride Airport Was Closed Before Crashing Into Snowplow, NTSB Report Shows
April 21, 2017
The two Mexican pilots of a jet that crashed into a snowplow in December 2015 while landing at a closed Telluride airport during a winter storm said they didn’t know the airport was shuttered, according to a federal investigation.
A National Transportation Safety Board factual report on the crash, released this week, also shows that the pilots said air traffic controllers never informed them of the closure as they were cleared to approach the runway.