NTSB Advisory
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594
November 29, 2007
NTSB TO HOLD BOARD MEETING ON UPS DC-8 FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA AND TRACTOR-TRAILER ACCIDENT IN MICHIGAN
Washington, DC -- The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board meeting on Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at 9:30 a.m., in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC.
Two items are on the agenda:
* On February 7, 2006, about 11:59 pm (EST), United Parcel Service Company (UPS) flight 1307, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-71F, landed at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after a cargo smoke indication in the cockpit. The captain, first officer, and flight engineer evacuated from the airplane after landing. The flight crewmembers sustained minor injuries, and the airplane and most of the cargo were destroyed by fire after landing. Media Contact: Keith Holloway
* On July 16, 2004, about 12:00 p.m., a 2000 Kenworth tractor towing a 2000 Hyundai semitrailer, owned by Equity Transportation Company, Inc. was traveling at a witness-estimated speed of 60 mph and failed to slow in time for a slowly moving traffic queue on Interstate 94 East near Chelsea, Mich. that included a 1999 Sterling tractor towing a 1997 Great Dane semitrailer and a 2004 Saturn station wagon. The Kenworth tractor struck the Sterling semitrailer, trapping and fatally injuring the driver of the Kenworth tractor, and propelled the Sterling tractor into the Saturn in front of it. The driver of the Sterling tractor and a passenger in the Saturn received minor injuries. Media Contact: Bridget Serchak
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