PRESS RELEASES
for
1999
Note: Safety
Recommendations and Abstracts are issued separately.
The following NTSB Press Releases and Advisories were issued by the
Office of Government, Public, and Family Affairs for the year 1999:
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December 29, 1999 - NTSB Looks at
Fatal Bus Accident in Pennsylvania, and the Use of Medication When Operating
Vehicles
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December 29, 1999 - Statement by Chairman
Jim Hall on Completion of Smit Pioneer Mission
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December 21, 1999 - Statement of NTSB Chairman
Jim Hall on Return to Port of the Smit Pioneer
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December 13, 1999 - Pool Photography Available
of EgyptAir Flight 990 Investigation Facilities
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December 13, 1999 - Statement of NTSB Chairman
Jim Hall on EgyptAir Flight 990
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December 13, 1999 - Press Conference Scheduled
for EgyptAir Flight990
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December 10, 1999 - Statement of NTSB Chairman
Jim Hall on NTSB Investigation of the Crash of EgyptAir Flight 990
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December 10, 1999 - (SB-99-37) NTSB Hearing
in New Orleans to Examine Effectiveness of Commercial Driver Oversight
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December 10, 1999 - NTSB Cancels
December 14 Board Meeting
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December 10, 1999 - NTSB Holds Press Briefing
to Discuss Crash of Beech Baron at Teterboro Airport
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December 8, 1999 - NTSB Looks at Fatal Bus
Accident in Pennsylvania, and the Use of Medication When Operating Vehicles
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December 8, 1999 - NTSB Plans International
Conference On Child Safety In Aviation
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December 6, 1999 - Recovery of EgyptAir 990
Wreckage and Human Remains To Enter Next Phase
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December 1, 1999 - NTSB Public Hearing on
American Airlines Accident Set for January 26-28 in Little Rock
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December 1, 1999 - ATC Communications from
Beech Bonanza Crash in Newark, New Jersey on November 26
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November 30, 1999 - NTSB Audio Laboratory
Pool Photography Available
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November 29, 1999 - (SB-99-36) NTSB to Hold
Public Forum on Amphibious "Duck" Vessels in Memphis, TN
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November 23, 1999 - Update on Crash of Learjet
35 Near Aberdeen, South Dakota
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November 19, 1999 - NTSB To Hold Press Briefing
on Crash of EgyptAir Flight 990
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November 17, 1999 - Factual Update on EgyptAir
Investigation
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November 16, 1999 - NTSB Schedules News
Briefing on EgyptAir 990
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November 16, 1999 - NTSB Schedules News Briefing
on EgyptAir 990
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November 15, 1999 - NTSB To Hold Press Briefing
on Crash of EgyptAir Flight 990
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November 14, 1999 - Statement of NTSB Chairman
Jim Hall on EgyptAir Flight 990 Cockpit Voice Recorder
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November 12, 1999 - NTSB Schedules Saturday
Afternoon Briefing On The Crash Of EgyptAir Flight 990
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November 12, 1999 - NTSB Board Meeting Looks
at 1998 Airliner Evacuation at San Juan, Puerto Rico
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November 12, 1999 - NTSB Schedules Briefing
on the Crash of EgyptAir Flight 990
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November 10, 1999 - Statement by Chairman
Hall Regarding Flight Data Recorder Information
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November 10, 1999 - NTSB Planning Photo Op,
Briefing on the Crash of EgyptAir Flight 990
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November 9, 1999 - NTSB Begins Reading Out
Flight Data Recorder From EgyptAir Flight 990
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November 5, 1999 - Family Members to View
Wreckage of EgyptAir 990.
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November 4, 1999 - NTSB Establishes a Public
Affairs Office in the Quonset Point Command Center for the Investigation
of the Crash of EgyptAir Flight 990.
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November 2, 1999 - NTSB Establishes a Command
Post to Assist in the Investigation of the Crash of EgyptAir Flight 990
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November 1, 1999 - NTSB Chairman to Hold
Press Briefing on Crash of EgyptAir Jetliner at 4:30 p.m.
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October 31, 1999 - NTSB Chairman to Hold
Press Briefing on Crash of EgyptAir Jetliner at 3:00
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October 29, 1999 - NTSB Releases Update
on Crash of Learjet 35 Involving Professional Golfer Payne Stewart, 5 Others
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October 29, 1999 - NTSB Board Meeting on
KAL Flight 801 Crash into Mountainside in Guam
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October 26, 1999 - NTSB To Hold Press Briefing
at Lear Jet Accident Site in South Dakota at 8:30 p.m. Central Time
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October 26, 1999 - NTSB To Hold Press Briefing
at Lear Jet Accident Site in South Dakota at Noon Central Time
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October 25, 1999 - Statement of NTSB Chairman
Jim Hall on Lear Jet Crash in South Dakota
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October 25, 1999 - NTSB Sends Go-Team to
Investigate LearJet Crash in South Dakota
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October 20, 1999 - NTSB Board Meeting on
KAL flight 801 Crash into Mountainside in Guam
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October 14, 1999 - FAA Action on Pilot Training
Records to be Subject of October 19 Board Meeting
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October 8, 1999 - (SB-99-33) NTSB Public
Hearing to Examine the Effect of NAFTA on American Highway Safety
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October 5, 1999 - (SB-99-32) NTSB Finds Charleston
Coast Guard's Substandard Performance Contributed to Deaths of Passengers
on Sunken Vessel
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September 30, 1999 - NTSB Report on Coast
Guard Response to Mayday Call Following Sinking of Sailing Vessel to be
Discussed October 5, 1999
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September 21, 1999 - (SB 99-31) NTSB Recommends
Federal Requirements for Written Procedures on HazMat Loading/Unloading
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September 21, 1999 - (SB-99-30) NTSB Calls
for Redesign of School Buses, On-Board Recorders on Motorcoaches
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September 17, 1999 - Special investigative
Report on Bus Crashworthiness and Final Report on Fatal Biloxi Gas Station
Fire on Agenda of NTSB September 21 Board Meeting
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September 14, 1999 - NTSB Chairman to Speak
at Fitting Station Kick-off in Kensington, Maryland
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September 10, 1999 - TWA Flight 800 Movement
of Fuselage Reconstruction, Open Media Opportunity at Long Island Hangar,
September 14, 1999
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September 9, 1999 - (SB-99-29) Transportation
Fatalities Drop in 1998
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September 7, 1999 - (SB-99-28) NTSB, Airline
Industry Sign Agreement on Post-Accident Family Affairs and Local Emergency
Response Expenses
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September 1, 1999 - NTSB To Hold Public
Hearing on Bourbonnais Train Accident
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September 1, 1999 - NTSB Sends Investigators
to Argentina to Assist in Airline Crash Investigation
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August 25, 1999 - * POSTPONEMENT* TWA Flight
800 Movement of Fuselage Reconstruction
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August 24, 1999 - TWA Flight 800 Movement
of Fuselage Reconstruction - Open media Opportunity at Long Island Hangar
August 26, 1999
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August 11, 1999 - Statement by NTSB Chairman
Jim Hall on NHTSA Seat Belt Adjuster Label Proposal
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August 11, 1999 - (SB-99-25) NTSB to Hold
Aircraft Maintenance Forum
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August 9, 1999 - (SB-99-26) NTSB Hearing
to Focus on Advanced Safety Technology for Trucks and Buses
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August 5, 1999 - Safety Review of Northern
Indiana Commuter Train Operations to be Subject of NTSB Meeting
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August 5, 1999 - (SB-99-24) NTSB To Hold
Public Hearing on Bourbonnais Train Accident
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August 4, 1999 - Update on NTSB Investigation
of May 9 Crash involving Tour Bus, New Orleans, Louisiana
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July 30, 1999 - Update on Investigation of
John F. Kennedy, Jr. Plane Crash
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July 28, 1999 - Upcoming Speeches/Testimony
to be Delivered by NTSB Chairman Hall
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July 21, 1999 (SB-99-23) NTSB Cites Ineffective
Action by Federal, State, and Private Agencies as Cause of June 1998 Collision
of Train and Truck
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July 21, 1999 - Closing Statement by Jim
Hall at the Final Press Briefing, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
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July 21, 1999 - Statement (update) by NTSB
Chairman Jim Hall and Rear Admiral Richard Larabee
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July 21, 1999 - Statement by NTSB
Chairman Jim Hall and Rear Admiral Richard Larabee
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July 20, 1999 - (SB99-22) NTSB's Final Report
on Crash of USAir Flight 427 Available on Web
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July 15, 1999 - Fatal Grade Crossing Collision
Involving Commuter Train in Indiana to be Subject of NTSB Meeting July
21
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July 13, 1999 - Statement of Chairman Jim
Hall: Indictments Related to the Crash of ValuJet flight 592
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July 9, 1999 - Freight Train Collision in
Butler, Indiana to be Subject of NTSB Board Meeting on July 13
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July 6, 1999 - TWA Flight 800 - Pool Photo
Opportunity at Long Island Hangar July 8, 1999
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June 24, 1999 - Statement by NTSB Chairman
Jim Hall on the Investigation of American Airlines Flight 1420
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June 23, 1999 - NTSB Board Meets to Discuss
2 Final Reports: Charter Plane Crash in Montrose, Colorado, and Freight
Train Derailment in West Virginia
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June 18, 1999 - Update on NTSB Investigation
into the March 23, 1999 Crash of a Cirrus SR20 Airplane in Duluth, Minnesota
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June 16, 1999 - NTSB Hosts Roundtable on
Simplifying Child Seat Designs
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June 3, 1999 - NTSB Board Meeting Looks
at Pupil Transportation on Nonconforming Buses
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June 3, 1999 - Photo Opportunity Flight
Recorders from American Airlines Accident in Little Rock, Arkansas
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June 3, 1999 - NTSB to Hold Press Briefing
for the MD-80 Crash in Little Rock, Arkansas
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June 2, 1999 - NTSB to Hold Press Briefing
for the MD-80 Crash in Little Rock, Arkansas
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June 2, 1999 - NTSB Launches Go-Team to Investigate
MD-80 Crash in Little Rock, Arkansas
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May 12, 1999 - NTSB Advisory: Statement By
Jim Hall, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board Related to the
Fatal Bus Crash in New Orleans
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May 11, 1999 - (SB-99-18) NTSB Adopts Recommendations,
Study Addressing Operator Fatigue
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May 11, 1999 - (SB-99-17) NTSB Highlights
'Most Wanted' Transportation Safety Improvements
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May 6, 1999 - NTSB Advisory: NTSB Board Meeting
Looks at 10 "Most Wanted" Safety Improvements, and Safety Report on Operator
Fatigue Recommendations
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May 5, 1999 - (SB 99-16) Safety Board, FAA
to Sponsor Future Flight Data Committee
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April 29, 1999 - NTSB Advisory: NTSB Hosts
International Symposium on Transportation Recorders, May 3-5
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April 29, 1999 - (SB 99-15) NTSB Chairman
Applauds Coast Guard and Personal Watercraft Industry Safety Initiative
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April 27, 1999 - (SB 99-14) NTSB Chairman
Hall Calls for 'Safer Highways' Initiative by Industry and Government
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April 27, 1999 - (SB 99-13) Korean Air Flight
6316 MD-11, Shanghai, China April 15, 1999
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April 20, 1999 - Aircraft Accident
involving Gates Learjet 25B, N627WS, Controlled Flight Into Terrain, January
13, 1998, Houston, Texas, FTW98MA096
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April 16, 1999 - NTSB Advisory: NTSB Board
Meeting Looks at Learjet Accident in Houston and Tanker Truck Explosion
in Florida
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April 8, 1999 - (SB-99-12) NTSB to Host International
Symposium on Transportation Recorders in May
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April 8, 1999 - (SB-99-11) NTSB Chairman
Tells Auto Makers it is Time to Put Children's Safety First in Auto Design
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April 6, 1999 - (SB-99-10) Focus Group to
Meet on Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance
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March 31, 1999 - (SB 99-08) NTSB Extends
Hearing on Truck and Bus Safety, Crash Data and Commercial Vehicle Oversight
-- April 14, 15, & 16
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March 24, 1999 - (SB 99-09) NTSB Concludes
Longest Investigation in History; Finds Rudder Reversal was Likely Cause
of USAIR Flight 427, A Boeing 737, Near Pittsburgh in 1994.
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March 19, 1999 - NTSB Advisory: Status Report
on the Investigation of the Amtrak Accident in Bourbonnais, Illinois
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March 17, 1999 - NTSB Advisory: Statement
by NTSB Member John Goglia Related to Investigation of the Crash of Amtrak
Train #59, Bourbonnais, Illinois
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March 12, 1999 - NTSB Advisory: Update -
United Airlines and Metrojet B-737 Events
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March 11, 1999 - (SB-99-07) NTSB Announces
hearing to Review Truck and Bus Safety, Crash Data and Commercial Vehicle
Oversight
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March 3, 1999 - (SB-99-05) NTSB Highway
Special Investigation on Motorcoach Issues Calls for Review of DOT Safety
Rating and Industry Driver Fatigue Awareness
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March 3, 1999 - NTSB Advisory: Final Report
on Boeing 737 Crash Near Pittsburgh to be Subject of March 23 NTSB Public
Board Meeting
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March 2, 1999 - (SB-99-06) NTSB Statistics
Show 1998 was First Year with No Passenger Deaths on U.S. Airlines
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February 24, 1999 - NTSB Advisory: Statement
Related to Flight Recorders Aboard B-737 Involved in Yesterday's Emergency
Landing
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February 23, 1999 - NTSB
Advisory: Metrojet B-737 In-flight Event
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February 5, 1999 - (SB-99-03) NTSB Public
Hearing on Union Pacific Railroad Set for February 24-25 in Dallas
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January 26, 1999 - (SB-99-04) NTSB Determines
John Denver's Crash Caused by Poor Placement of Fuel Selector Handle Diverting
His Attention During Flight
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January 20, 1999 - (SB 99-02) NTSB to Hold
Public Hearing in Charleston, SC Regarding Sinking of Sailboat Morning
Dew
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January 12, 1999 - (SB 99-01) NTSB to Hold
Public Hearing in Miami on Fire Aboard Cruise Ship Ecstasy
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