00:00We recovered from the CRJ two separate recorders.
00:10One was a FDFR, that is a flight data recorder.
00:18That was actually in what we consider good condition.
00:23As part of that process, it was soaked in alcohol overnight.
00:29It was then opened today, and we have a high level of confidence
00:33that we will be able to get a full download in the very near future.
00:38I can report to you now, we have recovered the Sikorsky black box.
00:43It is safely at the NTSB headquarters.
00:47It will begin an evaluation, just as the other two recorders did last night,
00:52to determine when and how to take action.
00:56I can tell you from a visual inspection, we saw no exterior damage
01:02that would indicate that it was compromised at this time.
01:06So we have a high level of confidence that we will be able to have
01:09a full extraction from that as well.
01:11The ATC group, Air Traffic Control, has been conducting interviews today.
01:17They are ongoing tonight. They will be ongoing for probably the next few days.
01:23We've had full cooperation in getting the witnesses that we need to
01:26to gain those interviews.
01:28We will then take that information and match it with other data that we're receiving,
01:32and if necessary, conduct follow-up interviews at a later time.
01:37I want to clarify one thing.
01:39There's been a lot of questions and discussion regarding manifest.
01:43Let me make this very clear.
01:45The NTSB will not and has not released a manifest.
01:51We have not in our history, not in our past.
01:54We will not be in this accident.
01:56In fact, there's specific congressional language that whenever it is in our possession,
02:02it is not available through the Freedom of Information Act.
02:06It will not be included in our report.
02:09We will not be putting any names of any of the victims.
02:13Any release of that information will come from other individuals or groups.
02:18Thank you very much.
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