NTSB TO HOLD BOARD MEETING ON UPS DC-8 CARGO FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA AND TRACTOR-TRAILER ACCIDENT IN MICHIGAN

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                       NTSB ADVISORY
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National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594

November 29, 2007
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NTSB TO HOLD BOARD MEETING ON UPS DC-8 CARGO FIRE IN 
PHILADELPHIA AND TRACTOR-TRAILER ACCIDENT IN MICHIGAN


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Washington, DC -- The National Transportation Safety Board 
will hold a public Board meeting on Tuesday, December 4, 
2007 at 9:30 a.m., in its Board Room and Conference Center, 
429 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC. 

Two items are on the agenda: 


*               On February 7, 2006, about 11:59 pm (EST), 
United Parcel Service Company (UPS) flight 1307, 
a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-71F, landed at 
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after a cargo smoke 
indication in the cockpit.  The captain, first 
officer, and flight engineer evacuated from the 
airplane after landing.  The flight crewmembers 
sustained minor injuries, and the airplane and 
most of the cargo were destroyed by fire after 
landing.  Media Contact: Keith Holloway

*               On July 16, 2004, about 12:00 p.m., a 2000 
Kenworth tractor towing a 2000 Hyundai 
semitrailer, owned by Equity Transportation 
Company, Inc. was traveling at a witness-
estimated speed of 60 mph and failed to slow in 
time for a slowly moving traffic queue on 
Interstate 94 East near Chelsea, Mich. that 
included a 1999 Sterling tractor towing a 1997 
Great Dane semitrailer and a 2004 Saturn station 
wagon. The Kenworth tractor struck the Sterling 
semitrailer, trapping and fatally injuring the 
driver of the Kenworth tractor, and propelled 
the Sterling tractor into the Saturn in front of 
it. The driver of the Sterling tractor and a 
passenger in the Saturn received minor injuries. 
 Media Contact: Bridget Serchak


        Directions to the Board Room: Front door is 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 and at CVS store take 
the escalator down one level. The Board Room will be to the 
left.

        A live and archived webcast of the proceedings will be 
available on the Board's web site at www.ntsb.gov. Technical 
support details are available under "Board Meetings." To 
report any problems, please call (703) 993- 3100 and ask for 
Webcast Technical Support.


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