American Airlines Flight 587
Belle Harbor, New York
November 12, 2001
Public Hearing
October 29-November 1, 2002
Agenda and Presentations
Day 1 - Tuesday
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Opening Statement
by Carol J. Carmody, Acting Chairman, NTSB
Presentation by Robert Benzon, Investigator-in-Charge, NTSB
Interviews with:
Mr. Dominique Chatrenet, Vice President Flight Control
& Hydraulic Systems Engineering, Airbus
Mr. Dominique Van den Bossche, Head of Department of
Flight Control Actuation & Hydraulics, Airbus
Captain Larry Rockliff, Vice President, Training, Airbus
North America
Day 2 - Wednesday
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Interviews with:
Captain Delvin Young, A300 Fleet Standards Manager, American
Airlines
Mr. Asok Ghoshal, Manager, Simulator Engineering, American
Airlines
Captain Armand Jacob, Experimental Test Pilot, Engineering,
Flight Operations, Airbus
Dr. Fred Proctor, Research Meteorologist, Flight Dynamics
& Control Division, NASA
Mr. Robert Jones, Aerospace Engineer, Transport Airplane
Directorate, FAA
Mr. Don Stimson, Aerospace Engineer, Transport Airplane
Directorate, FAA
Mr. Loran Haworth, Human Factors Specialist, Transport
Airplane Directorate, FAA
Mr. Guy Thiel, Flight Test Pilot, Transport Airplane
Directorate, FAA
Mr. John Howford, Chief Scientific & Technical Advisor,
Flight Loads & Aeroelasticity - Fixed Wing, FAA
Mr. Henry (Hank) Offermann II, Aerospace Engineer, Airframe,
FAA
Day 3 - Thursday
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Interviews with:
Mr. Michel Curbillon, Airbus Department Manager, Loads
and Dynamics, Airbus
Mr. Uwe Kerlin, Local Domain Manager, Germany,
Loads & Aeroelastics, Airbus
Mr. Bernd Räckers, Senior Manager, Composite Technology,
Airbus
Dr. Larry Ilcewicz, Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor
- Composites, FAA
Mr. Erhard Winkler, Senior Specialist, Composites, Airbus
Dr. William (Bill) Winfree, Senior Aerospace Engineer,
NASA Langley
Day 4 - Friday
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Closing Statement
by Carol J. Carmody, Acting Chairman, NTSB
Interviews with:
Dr. James Reeder, Research Engineer, NASA Langley
Dr. Jim Starnes, Chief Engineer for Structures and Materials,
NASA Langley
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