The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a 2-day public hearing on Empire Airlines flight 8284, operating a FedEx-owned ATR-42 (N902FX), which crashed 300 feet short of the threshold while on an instrument approach to Runway 17 at Lubbock International Airport, Lubbock, Texas.

The hearing start times are as follows:

• Tuesday, September 22, 2009, at 9:30 a.m.
• Wednesday, September 23, 2009, at 9:00 a.m.

The hearing will be open to the public and will take place in the Board Room and Conference Center at 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. This hearing will also be telecast on the Board’s website, at http://www.ntsb.gov/Events/hearing_sched.htm.

The goal of the upcoming hearing is for the Safety Board to learn more about the issues identified in the Lubbock, Texas aviation accident.  The Board will invite expert witnesses to provide sworn testimony. Additionally, several organizations will be granted “party status” to the hearing so that they may question the witnesses directly. The witnesses and parties will represent a range of aviation-related communities and other officials who provide oversight.

NTSB General Information:

• Press Releases and Advisories
• NTSB Investigative Process

Hearing Information:

September 22-23, 2009

• Agenda
• Biographies for the Board of Inquiry and the Technical Panel
• Opening Statement By Chairman Deborah A. P. Hersman, Board Member and Presiding Officer

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Investigation Information:

• Exhibit Items Presented at the Public Hearing and the Entire Public Docket

Past Press Releases:

• September 11, 2009 - NTSB To Hold Public Hearing On Crash Of Cargo Flight In Lubbock, Texas
• January 28, 2009 - NTSB Investigating Crash Of Cargo Plane In Texas