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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) published its final report on an incident involving a United Airlines Boeing 757, where two passengers were injured due to a sudden pitch control issue. This event occurred on September 19, 2024, while the aircraft was on a flight from Newark to San Francisco.
The plane, a Boeing 757-200 registered as N12125, received a traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS) resolution advisory while descending to 31,000 feet. The flight crew, upon receiving a TCAS traffic alert indicating an aircraft crossing below, responded with an "abrupt pitch control input." This action was aimed at resolving the advisory, but it resulted in significant passenger injuries.
"The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be: The abrupt pitch control input by the flight crew in response to a TCAS resolution advisory resulted in two serious passenger injuries," reported the NTSB.
