BOARD MEETING AGENDA & PRESENTATIONS
August 22-23, 2000
TWA Flight 800
BOARD MEETING AGENDA & PRESENTATIONS
August 22-23, 2000
TWA Flight 800
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Day 1
Opening Statement from Chairman Hall
Introduction/general overview (Bernard Loeb)
On-scene accident investigation/recovery (Al Dickinson)
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Video of Navy ships involved in wreckage recovery and aerial fly-by of Coast Guard Station in East Moriches, NY obtained from Oceaneering, Inc.(size: 1.2mb) |
Breakup sequence (James Wildey)
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Video of NTSB investigator describing breakup sequence of TWA800 obtained from The Rendon Group.(size: 1.4mb) |
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Video 2 of NTSB investigator describing breakup sequence of TWA800 obtained from The Rendon Group.(size: 1.2mb) |
Fuel tank flammability (Joseph Kolly)
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Animation of B747 air conditioning pack/fuel tank heat flow created by NTSB.(size: 443kb) |
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Video 1 of quarter scale center wing tank tests using JetA fuel conducted by NTSB, California Institute of Technology, and Applied Research Associates.(size: 491kb) |
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Video 2 of quarter scale center wing tank tests using JetA fuel conducted by NTSB, California Institute of Technology, and Applied Research Associates.(size: 391kb) |
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Video 3 of quarter scale center wing tank tests using JetA fuel conducted by NTSB, California Institute of Technology, and Applied Research Associates.(size: 504kb) |
Potential fuel tank ignition sources (Robert Swaim)
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Video of wet arc test obtained from Lectromechanical Design Company. |
Day 2
Transcript of Meeting: Day 2, parts 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Maintenance and aging of aircraft systems (Robert Swaim)
Design and certification issues (Bernard Loeb)
Reported witness observations (David Mayer)
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