Korean Air Flight 801 investigation/Who
WHO'S WHO - Public Hearing KAL Flight 801
Board of Inquiry | Technical Panel | Expert Witnesses | Parties to the Hearing
Members of the Board of Inquiry (at the time of the hearing):
Robert Francis II
Vice-Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board
Hearing Chairman
Ronald Schleede
Deputy Director, Office of Aviation Safety
Pat Cariseo
Office of Safety Recommendations and Accomplishments
Monty Montgomery
Chief, Information Technology Division, Office of Research and Engineering
Benjamin Berman
Chief, Operational Factors Division, Office of Aviation Safety
NTSB Technical Panel
Some of the Safety Board investigators that have participated in the investigation serve on the Technical Panel. Depending on the topics to be addressed at the hearing, the panel often includes specialists in the areas of aircraft performance, powerplants, systems, structures, operations, air traffic control, weather, survival factors, and human factors. Those involved in reading out the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder, and in reviewing witness and maintenance records also might participate in the hearing.
Gregory Feith
Investigator-In-Charge (IIC) of Korean Air Flight 801 investigation
Paul Misencik
Malcolm Brenner
Gregory Phillips
Richard Wentworth
Scott Dunham
Charlie Pereira
Gary Hammack
Expert Witnesses
Expert witnesses are called to testify under oath on selected topics to assist the Safety Board in its investigation. The testimony is intended to expand the public record and to demonstrate to the public that a complete, open and objective investigation is being conducted. The witnesses who are called to testify have been selected because of their ability to provide the best available information on the issues related to the accident.
Parties to the Hearing
Parties to the hearing are designated by the Safety Board Member who is the presiding officer of the hearing. They include those persons, governmental agencies, companies, and associations whose participation in the hearing is deemed necessary in the public interest and whose special knowledge will contribute to the development of pertinent evidence are designated as parties. Typically, they include the Federal Aviation Administration, operator, airframe manufacturer, engine manufacturer, pilots union, and any other organization that can assist the Safety Board in completing its record of the investigation. Except for the FAA, party status is a privilege, not a right. Parties are asked to appoint a single spokesperson for the hearing.
Federal Aviation Administration
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
Korean Air Company, Ltd.
National Air Traffic Controllers Association
Barton ATC International, Inc.
Government of Guam
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).
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