NTSB MEDIA BRIEFING TODAY ON TEXAS BUS ACCIDENT

The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a media briefing today at 11:00 a.m., CST, to provide an update on the investigation into the fire onboard a 1998 MCI 56 passenger motorcoach on Friday, September 23, 2005 near Wilmer, Texas.  Twenty-three of the 45 persons on board were fatally injured.

The briefing will be held at the Dallas Sheriff's Department Headquarters, (Court House), 133 North Industrial, Dallas, Texas.  Gary Van Etten, the Investigator-In-Charge will give the briefing.

NTSB Media Contact:  Keith Holloway, (202) 314-6100