HEARING SCHEDULE
- TWA800, December 8-12, 1997
Daily schedules, summaries, and biographies of the participants are provided below.
Exhibit contents for each panel are also available in PDF format on
CD-ROM; selected items are also available online - see Exhibit
Items for more details.
Transcripts for each day are available here in PDF format (subject
to review).
Monday, December 8, 1997 (Summary) Transcript (791K)
Statement of Investigator-in-Charge
Presentation:
(Summary)
Topic: Recovery
Presented by: CAPTAIN
"Chip" McCord
Presentation:
(Summary)
Topic: Investigation
of Recorded Data
Presented by: John
Clark
Technical Panel: John
Clark, Charles
Pereira, Dennis
Crider
Exhibits: 10A, 12A, 12B, 13A, 22A, 22B,
22C
Presentation:
(Summary)
Topic: Wreckage
Examination and Sequence of Breakup
Presentation by: Jim
Wildey
Expert Witnesses: Richard
Bott, Dr. Barrie Shabel
Technical Panel: Deepak Joshi, Jim
Wildey, Frank
Hilldrup, Larry
Jackson
Exhibits: 15B, 15C, 17A, 18A, 18B, 18C,
20A
Presentation:
(Summary)
Topic: Medical Factors & Cabin
Interior
Opening brief by: Hank Hughes
Expert Witnesses: Dr.
Charles Wetli, Dr. Dennis Shanahan
Technical Panel: Burt
Simon, Hank Hughes, Dr.
Mitch Garber
Exhibits: 6A, 19A
Tuesday, December 9, 1997 (Summary) Transcript (979K)
Presentation:
(Summary)
Topic: Fuel Tank Design Philosophy
& Certification
Opening Brief by: Bob
Swaim
Expert Witnesses: Ivor
Thomas, Jerry Hulm, Ron
Hinderberger,
Dan
Cheney, Chris Hartonas, Betty
Rodriguez, Lou Taylor
Technical Panel: Bob
Swaim, Merritt Birky
Exhibits: 7A, 9A, 9B, 9C, 9D, 9F, 9G
Presentation:
(Summary)
Topic: Flammability
Presentation by: Dr.
Dan Bower, Merritt
Birky, Dr. Joe Shepherd
Expert Witnesses: Dr.
Joe Shepherd, Dr. John Sagebiel,
Dr. Paul Thibault,
Dr.
Mel Baer, Dr. Kees van Wingerden,
Jim Woodrow
Technical Panel: Merritt
Birky, Dr. Dan Bower,
Dennis Crider
Exhibits: 20A, 20B, 20C, 20D, 20E, 20F, 20G,
20H, 23A, 23F, 23G
Wednesday, December 10, 1997 (Summary) Transcript (842K)
Presentation:
(Summary: A B )
Topic: Ignition Sources: Section A-External
Sources, Section B-Internal Sources
Opening Statement by: Bob
Swaim
Expert Witnesses: W.
Cassidy, Ed Kittel, Steve Gerken,
George Slenski, Dave
Johnson,
Chris
Hartonas, Mike Collins, Jerry
Hulm, Ivor Thomas
Technical Panel: Bob
Swaim, Merritt Birky
Exhibits: 9A, 9B, 9C, 9D, 20A, 15B, 15C, 17A,
18A, 18C
Thursday, December 11, 1997 (Summary) Transcript (903K)
Presentation:
(Summary)
Topic: Aging Aircraft
Expert Witnesses: Dr.
Gregory Dunn, Bill Crow, George
Slenski, Ken Craycraft,
Ivor
Thomas, Alex Taylor, Robert
Vannoy
Technical Panel: Debra
Eckrote, Bob Swaim,
Jim Wildey, Norm
Wiemeyer
Exhibits: 11A, 11P, 11Q, 9A, 9B, 9C, 9D
Presentation: (continued on Friday)
Topic: Flammability Reduction
Opening Statement by: George
Anderson
Expert Witnesses: Tom
McSweeny, Hardy Tyson, Professor
Robert Ball, Ralph Lauzze,
Ivor
Thomas, Steve Green
Technical Panel: Bob
Swaim, George
Anderson, Dr. Dan
Bower
Exhibits: 9A, 9B, 9C, 23F
Friday, December 12, 1997 (Summary) Transcript (451K)
Presentation: (continued from
Thursday)
(Summary)
Topic: Flammability Reduction
Expert Witnesses: Tom
McSweeny, Hardy Tyson, Professor
Robert Ball, Ralph Lauzze,
Ivor
Thomas, Steve Green
Technical Panel: Bob
Swaim, George
Anderson, Dr. Dan
Bower
Exhibits: 9A, 9B, 9C, 23F
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