Jim Hall
Jim Hall
adding air associated board difficulty expense physically recognizes safety separating
The safety board recognizes the difficulty and expense associated with physically separating (fuel-monitoring) wires from other wires and adding shielding to wires on in-service air carrier airplanes,
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will devote all the necessary resources to determine what caused this aircraft to crash.
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To date, with over 90 percent of the airplane recovered, there is no physical evidence of a bomb or missile strike,
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Training is an important issue in this area, and I think the board would like to see training get more attention and see an increased use of simulators on these types of aircraft, similar to what we see with the scheduled air service and the larger aircraft that are operating in that service in the United States.
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We will devote all the necessary resources to determine what caused this aircraft to crash, ... We are beginning what may be a long investigation, and we are prepared to do what it takes to find the answers to the questions we are seeking.
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it seems clear that the three (other) incidents, off Delaware and Texas and over New Mexico, are not in the same category as the incident involving the Nation's Air Express aircraft.
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The airplane's out-of-trim condition became worse as the crew attempted to diagnose or correct the problem, ... The crew had difficulty controlling the airplane's tendency to pitch nose down. The airplane descended, but the crew was able to (stop) the descent.
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The board will try to determine if those impact marks -- as well as the stripping of both nuts' threads -- were made before the aircraft contacted the water or after,
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This agreement is a huge step in our efforts to provide some comfort to the families of airplane accident victims and to properly reimburse local communities for their efforts.
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However, ... the incident involving the Nation's Air Boeing 727 ...was a matter worthy of investigation.
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We will substantiate what occurred on the flight leg previous to the accident flight.
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We will not know the extent of that damage, or any impact it will have -- if any -- on the information contained within the recorder until the recorder reaches Washington and can be analyzed by our experts there,
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We think it's incumbent on airports that don't have the room for these safety areas to at least put in one of these systems.
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Is there an economic design life for wires?