2011 INCMA Special Event: “TWA Flight 800: A Case Study for Major Accident Investigations” Briefing and Tour, Friday May 20, 2011

Please join the InfraGard Nations Capital Members Alliance (INCMA) for the first of our 2011 INCMA Special Events.

When we first did the TWA Flight 800 briefing and tour last November, it sold out and we are doing it again this year by popular demand.

INCMA, in partnership with the National Transportation Safety Board (NSTB) Training Center, is excited to again offer a briefing on – and a tour of – the reconstructed TWA Flight 800 wreckage on Friday May 20, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to Noon (registration and coffee begin at 8:00 a.m.) All attendees need to arrive by 8:45 a.m. to insure a timely and prompt start.

The address is 45065 Riverside Parkway, Ashburn, Virginia 20147. Driving directions can be found at http://www.ntsb.gov/TC/facilityloc.htm#directions. The NTSB Training Center is a large, red-brick complex of two attached buildings.

There is a $20 fee to attend the event which includes coffee and doughnuts.

THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO BOTH INFRAGARD MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS

TWA Flight 800, a Boeing 747, exploded and crashed in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island shortly after take-off from JFK Airport en route to Paris on July 17, 1996 killing all 230 people on board. It was widely speculated that the plane was brought down by a missile. However, the NTSB later determined that the explosion was most likely due to a spark that ignited the fuel tank. The reconstructed plane is now housed at the National Transportation Safety Board Training Center in Ashburn, Virginia

Don't miss this interesting opportunity to see a piece of aviation history!  

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InfraGard is a public-private volunteer organization that serves as a critical link across sectors and industries. There are 86 members alliances throughout the United States and over 41,000 members. InfraGard provides its members with unmatched opportunities to promote the physical and cyber security of their organizations through access to a trusted, national network of Subject Matter Experts from the public and private sectors. And, it provides government stakeholders, across the local, state, and Federal levels with unmatched access to the expertise and experience of critical infrastructure owners and operators. InfraGard’s leadership consists of volunteers with distinguished careers in government, business, military, law enforcement and academia. More information can be found at www.infragardnationscapital.org and www.infragard.org.

The NTSB Training Center is the training facility for the National Transportation Safety Board, an independent federal agency that investigates all civil aviation accidents in the United States and selected accidents in other modes of transportation. The Training Center provides training for NTSB investigators and others from the transportation community to improve their practice of accident investigation techniques. The curriculum promotes independent, objective, and technically advanced accident investigations that will enhance the safety of all modes of transportation. The Mission of the NTSB Training Center is to promote safe transport by: ensuring and improving the quality of accident investigation through critical thought, instruction, and research; communicating lessons learned, fostering the exchange of new ideas and new experience, and advocating operational excellence; providing a modern platform for accident reconstruction and evaluation; and utilizing its high-quality training resources to facilitate family assistance and first responder programs, sister agency instruction, and other compatible federal activity. For more information: http://www.ntsb.gov/TC/TrainingCenter.htm.

We hope you can join us, and look forward to your attendance at this event.

If you have any questions, please contact me at paul.pattak@infragard.org.

Warm regards,

Paul Byron Pattak

President

InfraGard Nations Capital Members Alliance (INCMA)