The NTSB report said a small plane crash that killed three people in Boca Raton in April was on its first flight after its annual inspection.

The pilots flying a Cessna 310R which crashed near Boca Raton, Florida in April reported to air traffic control they were having problems with the rudder and could only make left turns, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board.

The White House says the vice chair of the National Transportation Safety Board has been removed from his position, a rare move.

The removal of the vice chair of the independent safety board is highly unusual and comes as the agency is investigating several high-profile calamities.

The Trump administration removed ​​Alvin Brown a little more than a year after he was sworn in. The White House didn’t say why he was removed.