The aircraft sustained minor damage and the three-member crew was not injured.

Investigators are focusing on the actions of a three-member crew of a local train the night before the accident.

The three-member resident crew at the station is testing the new operating procedures for installing the truss.

According to Conoco officials, the three-member crew guiding the plane did not report any trouble.

The program was limited to three three-member crews, which spent a combined six months on it.

But he also said the space station could not support a three-member crew after June unless Russia sent up more resupply vehicles.

At the same time, other aircraft that employ two-member instead of three-member crews, such as the Boeing 757 and 767, are becoming more widespread.

A flag carrier pilot, who is part of a three-member crew on an international flight, cannot fly more than 12 hours in any 24-hour period.

The primary limiting factor, he said, was the amount of water that a three-member crew requires.

Already, much of the time available to the station's three-member crews is spent in running, expanding or maintaining its systems or orbit.