NTSB Advisory
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594
October 21, 2009

NTSB TO MEET ON MARYLAND STATE TROOPER HELICOPTER EMS ACCIDENT AND BUS CRASH IN TEXAS

The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board meeting on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 9:30 a.m., in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. The Board will meet on the following items:

• On September 27, 2008, an Aerospatiale (Eurocopter), call sign Trooper 2, registered to and operated by the Maryland State Police (MSP) as a public medical evacuation (medevac) flight, impacted terrain in District Heights, Maryland while on approach to  Andrews Air Force Base.  The flight was attempting an instrument landing system (ILS) approach. The pilot, one flight paramedic, one field provider, and one of two automobile accident patients being transported were killed. The other patient being transported survived with serious injuries from the helicopter accident and was taken to a local hospital.
  • Media Contact:  Keith Holloway
    
    
• On August 7, 2008, a 2002 56-passenger motorcoach with a driver and 55 passengers on board departed Houston, Texas, en route to a festival in Carthage, Missouri. About four and a half hours into the trip, early on August 8, while traveling northbound in the right lane of U.S. Highway 75, the right steer axle tire failed as the motorcoach approached the Post Oak Creek bridge at a speed of about 68 mph; the bus went through the bridge railing and off the bridge. It fell about 8 feet and slid approximately 24 feet on its right side before coming to rest. As a result of the accident, 17 passengers died. In addition, the 52-year old driver received serious injuries and 38 passengers received minor-to-serious injuries.
  • Media Contact:  Terry N. Williams

A live and archived webcast of the proceedings will be available on the Board's website at www.ntsb.gov/Events/Boardmeeting.htm. Technical support details are available under "Board Meetings." To report any problems, please call 703-993-3100 and ask for Webcast Technical Support.

Directions to 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.

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