NTSB INVESTIGATING THREE RECENT AIRLINER INCIDENTS

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                       NTSB ADVISORY
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National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594

November 1, 2006

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NTSB INVESTIGATING THREE RECENT AIRLINER INCIDENTS	

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        National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Mark V. 
Rosenker has assigned investigators to look into three 
recent incidents involving airliners, two at Newark Liberty 
International Airport and another in Seattle.

Newark Liberty International Airport, October 28

        On Saturday evening, October 28, Continental Airlines 
flight 1883, a Boeing 757 arriving from Orlando, Florida, 
landed on taxiway Zulu rather than runway 29, which 
parallel's the taxiway, following a circle-to-land 
instrument approach.  There were no injuries to the 152 
persons aboard nor damage to the aircraft.  Jill Andrews 
from the Board's Parsippany, New Jersey regional office is 
the Investigator-in-Charge of this incident.  The NTSB 
identification number for this incident is NYC07IA015.

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, October 30 

        On Monday morning, October 30, Alaska Airlines flight 
61, a Boeing 737, took off from runway 34 right, instead of 
the assigned runway 34 center, at the Seattle-Tacoma 
International Airport.  There were no injuries or damage, 
and the flight continued uneventfully to Juneau, Alaska.  
Joseph Sedor from the NTSB's Major Investigations Division 
has been assigned as Investigator-in-Charge.  The NTSB 
identification number for this incident is DCA07IA008.

Newark Liberty International Airport, October 31

        On Tuesday evening, October 31, the left wingtip of 
Lufthansa flight 403, a Boeing 747 that was taxiing for 
takeoff, struck the right wingtip of a Continental Airlines 
757 that was being towed.  There were 313 persons aboard the 
Lufthansa aircraft; there were no passengers aboard the 757. 
 No injuries were reported and minor damage was noted on the 
747's wingtip. Paul Cox from the NTSB's Ashburn, Virginia 
regional office has been assigned as Investigator-in-Charge. 
 The NTSB identification number for this incident 
investigation is NYC07IA017.

        Preliminary reports for all of these incidents will be 
available shortly on the Board's website at www.ntsb.gov.  
Investigators will interview crewmembers, obtain air traffic 
control data, and analyze information from flight recorders 
from all of these incidents.

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NTSB Press Contact:     Ted Lopatkiewicz
                        (202) 314-6100
                        lopatt@xxxxxxxx





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