NTSB PARTICIPATING IN INVESTIGATION OF A-320 RUNWAY OVERRUN IN HONDURAS

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                       NTSB ADVISORY
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National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594

May 30, 2008

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NTSB PARTICIPATING IN INVESTIGATION OF
A-320 RUNWAY OVERRUN IN HONDURAS	

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	The National Transportation Safety Board is 
dispatching a team of investigators to assist the 
governments of Honduras and El Salvador in their 
investigation of a fatal runway overrun today involving a 
TACA Airlines Airbus A-320 in Tegucigalpa. 

	NTSB Senior investigator Robert Benzon will serve as 
the United States Accredited Representative.  He will be 
accompanied by an NTSB powerplants investigator, two 
investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration and a 
representative from International Aero Engines.  The BEA of 
France is also sending an Accredited Representative and a 
team to participate in the investigation.

	The investigation is being conducted by the Civil 
Aviation Authority of El Salvador (under delegation by the 
Government of Honduras), which will release all information 
on the progress of the investigation.

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




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