George Black
George Black
accident data face information radar reduced seriously whatever
This seriously hampers the investigation. Let's face it. We're now reduced on this accident to having only radar data and whatever information we can glean from that (and) eyewitness statements.
carefully crew given information looking nature radar tapes weather
We'll be looking at what weather information they had been given and then very carefully at the Doppler radar tapes and things of that nature from the area. We'll be looking at what the weather actually was and what the crew thought it was.
airplane amount center components engines fire information melt section structure wing
There's a considerable amount of the airplane still left. The lighter-weight aluminum components did melt during the fire, but the structure is still there and the engines and the center wing section are still pretty well intact, so we think we can get some information from that.
airplane amount center components engines fire information melt section structure wing
There's a considerable amount of the airplane still left, ... The lighter-weight aluminum components did melt during the fire, but the structure is still there and the engines and the center wing section are still pretty well intact, so we think we can get some information from that.
both course damage imply losing power relatively report
There is relatively little damage to the propellers. And this of course would imply and back up the pilots' report of losing power on both engines.
both course damage imply losing power relatively report
There is relatively little damage to the propellers, ... And this of course would imply and back up the pilots' report of losing power on both engines.
polished system work
We think we've got a system that will work and we'll try to get it as polished as we can.
challenge difference efficient felt integrity mechanism modest preserve
We just felt the challenge mechanism was a better and more efficient way to go and to preserve the integrity of the game. It's just a modest difference in philosophy.
approach commented heavy lost pilot rain range reported runway sight twice visual wind
Twice during the approach a pilot commented that he had lost sight of the runway, ... There was heavy rain reported, wind shear alertadvisories and the runway visual range was reported to be 1,600 feet.
brakes caused crew group operations saw track understand
The operations group will be interviewing the crew this afternoon. I understand that he saw some misalignment in the track that caused him to put his brakes on.
looking
There could be ... We're looking into that.
accident aircraft four heard noise obtained recording
The recording obtained from the accident CVR was completely blank, with no conversations or aircraft noise heard on any of the four channels.
clear result
I don't know that there's anything that is clear one way or another as a result of (Monday).
almost chances curious engines failing fuel reasons separate systems totally
One of the reasons for having two engines is so you can have two almost totally independent systems -- separate fuel feeds, separate ignition systems -- just as kind of a backup, ... So the chances of two of them failing simultaneously makes us very curious about the cause.