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)

Chairman's Opening Statement

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


Chairman's Closing Statement