NTSB -- NTSB TO MEET ON QUEEN OF THE WEST ENGINEROOM FIRE IN OREGON

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NTSB ADVISORY

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National Transportation Safety Board

Washington, DC 20594

November 12, 2009

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NTSB TO MEET ON QUEEN OF THE WEST ENGINEROOM FIRE IN OREGON

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The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public

Board meeting on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, at 9:30 a.m.,

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

S.W., Washington, D.C. There is one agenda item.

On April 8, 2008, a fire broke out in the engineroom of the

221-foot-long U.S. small passenger vessel Queen of the West.

The vintage-style, paddlewheel vessel was traveling east on

the Columbia River near Rufus, Oregon, with 124 passengers

and 53 crewmembers on board, as part of a 7-day cruise. The

vessel had both an automatic fire detection and fixed fire

suppression system on board, which functioned properly by

alerting the bridge team and suppressing the fire. The crew

was able to contain the fire to the engineroom, and the

vessel did not need to be evacuated.

A live and archived webcast of the proceedings will be

available on the Board's website at

http://ntsb.gov/events/Boardmeeting.htm. Technical support

details are available under "Board Meetings" on the NTSB

website. To report any problems, please call 703-993-3100

and ask for Webcast Technical Support.

A summary of the Board's final report, which will include

findings, probable cause and safety recommendations, will

appear on the website shortly after the conclusion of the

meeting. The entire report will appear on the website

several weeks later.

Directions to the NTSB Board Room: Front door located on

Lower 10th Street, directly below L'Enfant Plaza. From

Metrorail, exit L'Enfant Plaza station at 9th and D Streets

escalator, walk through shopping mall, at CVS store (on the

left), take escalator (on the right) down one level. The

Board Room will be to your left.

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Media contact: Keith Holloway, 202-314-6100

hollowk@xxxxxxxx

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