REVISED MOST WANTED LIST AND FINAL REPORT ON CRASH THAT KILLED SENATOR WELLSTONE - ITEMS FOR NEXT BOARD MEETING

The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a Board Meeting Tuesday, November 18, 2003 at 9:00 a.m., at its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. Two items are on the agenda:

9:00 a.m. -- The Safety Board will review revised Most Wanted recommendations addressed to the Department of Transportation modal administrations. At a meeting in May the Board requested a 30-day review of the Most Wanted List. The revised list to be presented addresses issues and incorporates changes brought forth during the review.
Media Contact: Lauren Peduzzi

1:00 p.m. -- The Board will consider the final report on the investigation into the crash of a Raytheon (Beechcraft) King Air 100 airplane (N41BE) near Eveleth, MN, on October 25, 2002. The aircraft, operated by Aviation Charter, Inc., and carrying Senator Paul Wellstone, five other passengers and 2 crewmembers, was on a flight from St. Paul to Eveleth when it crashed on approach to Eveleth- Virginia Airport. The aircraft was destroyed and there were no survivors.
Media Contact: Paul Schlamm

The meeting will be webcast on the NTSB web site: http://www.ntsb.gov.

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.

NTSB Public Affairs: 202-314-6100