Five pages of drivel and really only one intelligent posting, that being from Uncle Fred. Contrary to the "hang 'em high" crowd, the root cause in this accident is anything but a sure thing.
The RJ700 was not pushed back. They had just arrived from Boston and were headed to their gate. It appears that they stopped short due to a lack of ground crew. It's standard procedure for most airlines to have their pilots stop when there's no ground crew. The question will be if they stopped so that they were encroaching with the taxiway.
Last edited by J.O.; 13th Apr 2011 at 00:45.