TWA Flight 800 Investigation Status (1997)

Credit: C-SPAN 19 July 1997
Status Of The Investigation Of The Crash Of TWA 800 And The Proposal Concerning The Death On The High Seas Act Thursday, July 10, 1997
U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Washington, DC.
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TESTIMONY Carven, A. Frank, III, Bel Air, MD Cox, Cynthia E., Montoursville, PA Delahunt, Hon. William D., a Representative in Congress from Massachusetts Ehrlich, Hon. Robert L., Jr., a Representative in Congress from Maryland Ephraimson-Abt, Hans, Ridgewood, NJ Forbes, Hon. Michael P., a Representative in Congress from New York Gardner, Guy S., Associate Administrator for Regulation and Certification, Federal Aviation Administration, accompanied by Thomas McSweeney, Director, Office of Certification Hall, James, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board, accompanied by Bernard Loeb, Director, Office of Aviation Safety, Vernon Ellingstad, Director, Office of Research and Engineering, and Dr. Merritt Birky, Chairman, Explosion Group Kallstrom, James K., Assistant Director in Charge, New York Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation Lychner, Joe, Houston, TX McDade, Hon. Joseph M., a Representative in Congress from Pennsylvania Maloney, Hon. James H., a Representative in Congress from Connecticut Rogers, William S., Jr., Montoursville, PA Rothman, Hon. Steven R., a Representative in Congress from New Jersey Roukema, Hon. Marge, a Representative in Congress from New Jersey

PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Costello, Hon. Jerry F., of Illinois Cramer, Hon. Bud, of Alabama Cummings, Hon. Elijah E., of Maryland Delahunt, Hon. William D., of Massachusetts McDade, Hon. Joseph M., of Pennsylvania Maloney, Hon. James H., of Connecticut Poshard, Hon. Glenn, of Illinois Rothman, Hon. Steven R., of New Jersey Roukema, Hon. Marge, of New Jersey Traficant, Hon. James A., Jr., of Ohio

PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY WITNESSES Carven, A. Frank, III Cox, Cynthia E Ephraimson-Abt, Hans Gardner, Guy S Hall, James Kallstrom, James K Lychner, Joe Rogers, William S

SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD
Hall, James , Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board
Responses to questions from Rep. Shuster
Responses to questions from Rep. Traficant

Letter to James B. Busey, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, from James L. Kolstad, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board, , August 1, 1990, concerning the Philippine Air Lines Boeing 737-300 explosion on May 11, 1990

Letter and Investigation Report, Oscar M. Alejandro, Officer in Charge, Air Transportation Office, Department of Transportation and Communications, Republic of the Philippines, December 26, 1990

Additional responses to questions from Rep. Traficant

Exchange of letters between James K. Kallstrom, Assistant Director in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice, and James E. Hall, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board, concerning the objections of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to certain of the issues and exhibits proposed for the December 8 NTSB hearing into TWA Flight 800

Kallstrom James K., Assistant Director in Charge, New York Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation:
Responses to questions from Rep. Shuster
Responses to questions from Rep. Traficant

ADDITIONS TO THE RECORD FAA News, FAA/NTSB Set Post-TWA 800 Actions, December 19, 1997 FAA News, FAA Orders Changes to Boeing 747 Wiring Systems, November 26, 1997 Riordan, Bob, TWA 800: What NTSB Missed, statement

Hall, Jim, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board

Letter to Frederico Pena, Secretary of Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation, concerning the use of the Department of Transportation’s aircraft in transporting NTSB investigative teams to accident sites in a timely manner, July 19, 1996

Letter to Hon. Frank R. Wolf, Chairman, Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives, concerning an emergency fund for the NTSB to cover unpredictable accident investigation expenses, July 18, 1996

Letter to Hon. John Duncan, Chairman, Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of Representatives, July 28, 1997 Ellsworth, T.P., Jr., Esq., letter to General Ronald R. Fogleman, Air Force Chief of Staff, March 26, 1997 Rounds, Chad, memo Kirch, Marlan, TWA Oldtimers , letter, June 20, 1997 Slocum, Robert R., Attorney at Law, Retired, letter, February 1, 1998