Pilot from The Woodlands arrested on child porn charge

  THE WOODLANDS, TX (KTRK) -- A man stepped off a plane Saturday and into handcuffs for charges of possessing child pornography.

The Montgomery County Precinct 3 constable's office says it found the videos at the home of Andrew Robinson of The Woodlands. Robinson is a pilot for Saudi Aramco and was out of the country.

He returned Saturday and authorities were waiting for him at Bush Intercontinental Airport.

"He was somewhat surprised," said "We believe that he had information that we were going to be waiting for him."

Robinson is in the Montgomery County Jail on three counts of possession of child pornography. The constable's office says the arrest is part of a new program targeting child predators.

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NTSB: Pilot caused Houston Ship Channel collision

  WASHINGTON -- Federal investigators have concluded that pilot error caused the collision of a chemical tanker with a containership in the Houston Ship Channel in October 2011.

The National Transportation Safety Board said in a Tuesday statement that the collision of the tanker Elka Apollon and the container ship MSC Nederland "was likely caused by the inappropriate response of the pilot" controlling the tanker. Also factoring was the combination of a narrow waterway and dense marine traffic.

The NTSB urged the Coast Guard to become "more proactive" in keeping vessels adequately separated in higher-risk sections of the channel. The collision happened where the Bayport and Houston ship channels intersect.

Capt. Robert Thompson of the Houston Pilots disputed the finding of pilot fault, saying the proximity of another vessel factored in the collision.

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