NTSB TO ASSIST
GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY IN AVIATION ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON - The
NTSB has dispatched a team of investigators to assist the government of
Turkey in the investigation of an Oct. 14 fire in the cockpit of a Corendon
Airlines Boeing 737-800.
The fire occurred
Sunday at 4 a.m. local time as the airplane was being pushed back from the gate
in Antalya, Turkey, for a scheduled flight to Trondheim, Norway. The aircraft
was evacuated, and there were reports of injuries among the 189 passengers and
seven crew members.
As the U.S. is
the state of design and manufacture of the Boeing 737, the NTSB has designated
Senior Air Safety Investigator Tim LeBaron as the traveling U.S. accredited
representative. LeBaron is leading a team of investigators (specializing in
aircraft systems, fire and survival factors) and advisers from the Federal
Aviation Administration and Boeing, who are traveling to the scene to assist
with the investigation.
The investigation
is being conducted by the Turkish Directorate General of Civil Aviation, which
will release all information.
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