NTSB Advisory
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594
October 11, 2007

WASHINGTON, DC SUBWAY DERAILMENT AND UNMANNED AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT WILL BE SUBJECTS OF NTSB BOARD MEETING

The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board meeting on Tuesday, October 16, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, DC.

The two items on the agenda are:

* On January 7, 2007, about 3:45 pm, northbound WMATA Greenline Metrorail train 504 derailed one car (the 5th of 6 cars) on the train as it traversed a crossover from track 2 to track 1 near Mount Vernon Station. About 80 passengers were on board at the time of the accident. Twenty-three passengers were transported to local hospitals for treatment and released. Media Contact: Keith Holloway

* On April 25, 2006, a Predator B, a turboprop-powered unmanned aircraft, operated on a surveillance mission by the United States Customs and Border Protection crashed in a sparsely populated residential area near Nogales, Arizona. No one on the ground was injured; the remotely piloted 66-foot wingspan aircraft was substantially damaged. This is the first time the Safety Board has investigated an accident involving an unmanned aircraft. Media Contact: Peter Knudson

Directions to the Board Room: Front door 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, at CVS store take escalator down one level. Board Room will be to your left.

A live and archived webcast of the proceedings will be available on the Board's website 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.

A summary of each final reports, which will include findings, probable cause and safety recommendations, will appear on the web site shortly after the conclusion of the meeting. The entire reports will appear on the web site several weeks later.

NTSB Public Affairs: (202) 314-6100

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