An American Eagle turboprop was whining up to speed.

Almost at Chicago: 'We Still Got Ice' On Oct. 31, 1994, an American Eagle turboprop was holding in icy weather at an altitude of about 10,000 feet, waiting for clearance to land in Chicago.

"It is extremely important that liability issues not drive transportation safety," Mr. Hall said after the five-hour hearing on the crash of the American Eagle turboprop.

The National Transportation Safety Board has put most of the blame for the October 1994 crash of an American Eagle turboprop on the French manufacturer and French aviation officials.

The National Transportation Safety Board has delayed a formal finding of the probable cause of the crash of the American Eagle turboprop, an ATR-72, on Oct.

The recommendation came after the board blamed the crash of an American Eagle turboprop last November on pilot error; the pilot had been hired a few days before he was to be dismissed by his previous employer, but American did not know that.

In that case, an American Eagle turboprop flying to Kennedy Airport reported that three F-16's had passed overhead and a fourth below.

Investigators believe a ridge of ice formed on the wing of the American Eagle turboprop - an ATR-72 - causing it to tilt uncontrollably and crash.

The new arrival policy, which applies to flights arriving in the United States, the United States Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, does not cover A300's and American Eagle turboprops.

The agency also appeared to contradict itself after the crash of an American Eagle turboprop in icy weather in Roselawn, Ind., in October 1994.