NTSB -- NTSB SENDING TEAM TO CANADA TO ASSIST WITH INVESTIGATION OF RUNWAY EXCURSION ACCIDENT

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NTSB ADVISORY

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National Transportation Safety Board

Washington, DC 20594

June 16, 2010

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NTSB SENDING TEAM TO CANADA TO ASSIST WITH INVESTIGATION OF

RUNWAY EXCURSION ACCIDENT

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The National Transportation Safety Board is dispatching a

team of investigators to assist the Transportation Safety

Board of Canada with its investigation of today’s airplane

accident in Ottawa.

At about 2:30 p.m. EDT, a Trans States Airlines Embraer-145

regional jet operated as United Express flight 8050

(N847HK), overran runway 25 while landing at Ottawa

International Airport. Preliminary reports indicate that

there were several injuries among the 33 passengers and

three crewmembers onboard. The flight originated from

Washington Dulles International Airport.

NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman has designated Air Safety

Investigator John Lovell as the U.S. Accredited

Representative. The U.S. team will also include an NTSB

flight operations specialist, an NTSB survival factors

specialist, and technical advisors from the Federal Aviation

Administration. The team will arrive in Ottawa on Thursday

morning.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada

(http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/contactez-contact/index.asp) will

release all information on the progress of the

investigation.

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NTSB Media Contact: Peter Knudson

peter.knudson@xxxxxxxx

(202)314-6100

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