NTSB -- NTSB TO MEET ON MARYLAND STATE TROOPER HELICOPTER EMS ACCIDENT AND BUS CRASH IN TEXAS

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NTSB ADVISORY

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National Transportation Safety Board

Washington, DC 20594

October 21, 2009

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NTSB TO MEET ON MARYLAND STATE TROOPER HELICOPTER EMS

ACCIDENT AND BUS CRASH IN TEXAS

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The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public

Board meeting on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 9:30 a.m., in

its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza,

S.W., Washington, D.C. The Board will meet on the following

items:

* On September 27, 2008, an Aerospatiale (Eurocopter), call

sign Trooper 2, registered to and operated by the

Maryland State Police (MSP) as a public medical

evacuation (medevac) flight, impacted terrain in District

Heights, Maryland while on approach to Andrews Air Force

Base. The flight was attempting an instrument landing

system (ILS) approach. The pilot, one flight paramedic,

one field provider, and one of two automobile accident

patients being transported were killed. The other patient

being transported survived with serious injuries from the

helicopter accident and was taken to a local hospital.

Media Contact: Keith Holloway

* On August 7, 2008, a 2002 56-passenger motorcoach with a

driver and 55 passengers on board departed Houston,

Texas, en route to a festival in Carthage, Missouri.

About four and a half hours into the trip, early on

August 8, while traveling northbound in the right lane of

U.S. Highway 75, the right steer axle tire failed as the

motorcoach approached the Post Oak Creek bridge at a

speed of about 68 mph; the bus went through the bridge

railing and off the bridge. It fell about 8 feet and slid

approximately 24 feet on its right side before coming to

rest. As a result of the accident, 17 passengers died. In

addition, the 52-year old driver received serious

injuries and 38 passengers received minor-to-serious

injuries. Media Contact: Terry N. Williams

A live and archived webcast of the proceedings will be

available on the Board's website at

www.ntsb.gov/Events/Boardmeeting.htm. Technical support

details are available under "Board Meetings." To report any

problems, please call 703-993-3100 and ask for Webcast

Technical Support.

Directions to Board Room: Front door 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, at CVS store take escalator down one

level. Board room will be to your left.

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