NTSB Advisory
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594
September 11, 2008

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION REPORT ON PARACHUTE JUMP OPERATIONS AND MOTORCOACH ACCIDENT SUBJECTS OF NTSB PUBLIC MEETING

The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board meeting on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 9:30 a.m., in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC.

Three items are on the agenda:

* Special Investigation Report - Safety of Parachute Jump Operations. The Special Report examines accidents that highlight systemic safety issues within the jump operations industry. Media Contact: Keith Holloway

* Aviation Report - On July 29, 2006, a de Havilland DHC-6-100, N203E, operated by Skydive Quantum Leap as a parachute operations flight, crash after takeoff from Sullivan Regional Airport, near Sullivan, Missouri. The pilot and five parachutists were killed. Two parachutists were seriously injured. Media Contact: Terry Williams

* Highway Report - On October 16, 2005, a truck-tractor semitrailer traveling westbound on the I-94 highway near Osseo, Wisconsin, departed the right-hand lane and traveled along the earthen roadside before re-entering the highway where it overturned, coming to rest on its right side and blocking both lanes. About a minute later, a chartered 55-passenger motorcoach carrying members of a high school band crashed into the underside of the overturned truck while traveling at an estimated speed of 64 to 78 mph. The motorcoach driver and four passengers were fatally injured. Thirty-five passengers received minor to serious injuries, and five passengers were not injured. The truck driver received minor injuries. Media Contact: Peter Knudson

Directions to the Board Room: Front door is located on Lower 10th Street, directly below L'Enfant Plaza. From Metro, exit L'Enfant Plaza station at 9th and D streets escalator, walk through shopping mall and at CVS store take the escalator down one level. The Board Room will be to the left.

A live and archived webcast of the proceedings will be available on the Board's web site at www.ntsb.gov. Technical support details are available under "Board Meetings." To report any problems, please call (703) 993- 3100 and ask for Webcast Technical Support.

NTSB Public Affairs contact: 202-314-6100

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