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00:00I'm Todd Inman. I'm a member of the National Transportation Safety Board and
00:08I'll continue to repeat this every time we speak to you but on behalf of everyone
00:13at the NTSB and throughout our most sincere condolences are go out to the
00:20family and those that have been affected by this we know as each day it goes a
00:24little bit farther it's it's becomes a lot tougher we're still in the fact
00:29feather fact-gathering phase of our investigations and I want to recap a few
00:33things that we've already accomplished so far most importantly to present again
00:38Shi Hoon Shin that's C-H-I-H-O-O-N-S-H-I-N who is our investigator in charge I also
00:48want to make sure we we thank all of the first responders as I said yesterday
00:53Louisville EMA director and the other individuals have been extraordinary in
00:57this the airport authority the elected officials the community has truly come
01:03together and I know Louisville is suffering but they have they've really
01:06shown their ability to to work through this tragedy and to assist us in trying
01:12to find out what happened again our role is not to speculate on the cause of why
01:17we're here we want to know what happened and why it happened and the most
01:21important thing is to make sure that it doesn't happen again as a reminder
01:26earlier was we said we believe we may know the exact debris field but if anyone
01:32has located any debris in their yard or knows anything they can contact us at
01:37witness at ntsb.gov that is witness at ntsb.gov that's a day we conducted another
01:46family briefing for those survivors on the ground or for those that have a family
01:51others on the ground took several hours we went through a lot of information you
01:56can obviously tell it's a very tough time for them I personally spent several
02:00hours at the debris field and I can tell you the debris field itself is still
02:05active in more ways than one in fact while we were there with the emergency
02:09management coordinator there were some spot fires that were popping up in some
02:13compressed paper products and emitting a lot of smoke there's still hundreds of feet of
02:20line hose line that are spread throughout there in preparation for anything else
02:25that may be needed one of the reasons why some people might ask not everything's
02:30been put out is putting additional water on there or additional firefighting
02:34apparatus can disturb the scene so they've been great to work with us I would
02:41also mention there are over 100 first responders at the scene along with others
02:46that are helping to secure it and that is ongoing collectively we've identified
02:51over 500 people that have responded or involved in the investigation to this
02:57point I'm going to give you some specific information that we have that that we've
03:03been able to come up with so far the cockpit voice recorder contained two hours and
03:08four minutes of what we consider good quality digital recorded audio in reviewing
03:16that audio the crew completed their standard checklists and briefings in
03:20preparation for the flight the takeoff role was what we called uneventful through
03:27the different speed call-outs about 37 seconds after the crew called for takeoff
03:35thrust a repeating bell was heard on the CVR which persisted until the end of the
03:42recording 25 seconds later during this time the crew engaged in efforts to
03:49attempt to control the aircraft before the crash the NTSB will now be forming a
03:55CVR group comprised of technical experts on the MD 11 at the NTSB headquarters in
04:02order to review the recording produce a written transcript now the CVR transcript
04:07will be made public only when a majority of the other factual reports are placed in
04:12the NTSB public docket for this accident and that will be several months from now
04:18additionally in regard to the plane itself the bulk of the left engine pallon was
04:25still attached to the left engine when the engine separated from the wing both of
04:33those components are in a secured facility at facility and undergoing further
04:37examination we have conducted additional searches in the grass area adjacent to
04:43runway 17r and are beginning to conduct to find additional pieces of the engine
04:48attachment additionally later today they will be doing another sweep using metal
04:54detectors and other types of apparatus we have also completed a lidar scan the
05:00topography the debris field the airfield and that is assisting us a lot with a lot
05:06of other technical equipment that's been brought in for aerial recreation we also
05:13are using utilizing the FBI in assisting us with making safe a number of potential
05:18hazards for our investigation this is very normal in an aircraft investigation there are a lot
05:24of things such as compressed bottles fuel suppression or fire suppression materials those
05:30have to be made safe before we can disturb some of those areas yesterday they made safe approximately
05:36one-half of them and we've identified what we believe to be over 30 so that process is still
05:42ongoing today I can't say today we've been working in a full operational cadence except
05:48for a short amount of time due to potential lightning around the field the safety of
05:53everyone at the location and working on this accident is paramount but even with
05:58that work going on we still understand the importance of the recovery of those
06:03who are still missing and we were making sure that we are identifying any areas that
06:07may have potential victims and making sure that we're trying to prioritize so that the coroner
06:13and the medical examiner can obviously do their work as you may have seen or you may not have
06:22seen but we actually sent a tweet out about the last 30 minutes so I want to make sure we
06:27read that for you so you know during yesterday's media briefing the preliminary information we reported
06:33was that the FAA ADSB data indicated a GPS altitude of 475 feet when considering how FAA ADSB data is reported
06:45this equates to approximately 100 feet above ground level this is what we consider to be the most accurate
06:55but I will also say we're collaborating that are cooperating that with the data from the flight data recorder
07:01which is still being validated and will take several days to be validated
07:05now I am going to let you know this will be our final on-scene briefing for the media
07:11we will continue to have team members here working on not only the investigation but the additional work
07:19that needs to be done we will be providing additional media updates through our press releases and
07:24investigative updates through our headquarters in Washington this is a normal practice for us
07:29it's an ability to make sure that we're prioritizing all the resources in the appropriate place so
07:36with that we'll try to take some questions so the the question is regarding the environmental concerns
07:55around the site the NTSB does not investigate the environmental concerns around there nor is it
08:02responsible for upkeeping it I do know that the Kentucky Division of Water the EPA and other people
08:08are on site they are actively working on that they are cognizant I know the emergency management coordinator
08:14has has mentioned this several times but it's it's not really in the lane of the NTSB investigation for us to even speculate
08:21well I said that there was a persistent bell we need to take that FDR data as well to be able to because it there can be numerous different types of alarms and what they may mean obviously we we have a working theory right now and we're trying to validate that against the FDR
08:28that with the cooperability evidence in regard to the video that we have Cabell
08:37the and we're trying to validate that against the inclusiveness we know that last year we need to do and station
08:51Saturday to konnte
08:53corroborating evidence in regard to the video that we have is obviously leading us to we know
08:57that there was a fire occurring um but the the call out and the alarm could also be a mixture
09:03of several different things so i don't want to speculate too far the fdr data and the examination
09:09by the the groups on that will give us a lot more granularity and and be able to help paint a better
09:14picture yes sir i just want to get some clarity on the timeline of events so you said 37 seconds into
09:21the plane moving was when the alarm bell took off right yes okay so sorry this question was
09:30at 37 seconds that's when the first repeating bell i'm not using the word alarm repeating bell
09:39so so how much time in the seconds that followed did the pilots have
09:44to react so the question was how much time did they have to react well again the recording lasted
09:51until 25 seconds after the initial persistent bells that was the end of the recording we believe
10:01that right now that the end of the recording was the final point of impact but you also have to
10:06remember we need to go back and look at fdr data which could have some other factors there's over 400
10:11data sets in the flight data recorder which will tell us additional information obviously these
10:17have some power supply redundancies but at some point there's just no other information to feed into
10:22it so we provide that just to give you a timeline but it is not the exact framing of when the accident
10:29occurred and how it occurred yes sir conroy deluge whas 11 here in louisville um you're asking specifically
10:36about how your investigation moving forward is going to look over the coming days and weeks especially
10:41thinking about the debris field that is over great yeah the question was about the continuation of the
10:47investigation uh grade lane in that area again we know that later today or tomorrow there will be heavy
10:54equipment in aviation crashes they're what are called salvers aviation salvers they're highly
11:01specialized in working accident scenes because they know exactly what can be picked up without damaging
11:06it and how to do that and they have some specific equipment needs those are being brought in they were
11:10in route surveys were done two days ago to make sure we had the right equipment once those come in
11:16those will actually enable us to lift and move more things and that will help along with the investigation
11:23itself the one complicating factor for the scene is because of the type of businesses where this
11:28impacted is you're seeing a lot of combination of similar metals or alloys and so we'll have to
11:34distinguish between aircraft parts and those which may already be on the ground but we're we've already
11:39made plans to try to move as much of that off site and then evaluate what we need to in a different
11:44location which will hopefully free up more of the debris area we're cognizant of the disruptions of a lot
11:49of the businesses around there and the fact that people need to go back in and check on their
11:53property and be able to find and look for some of their lost items as well yes sir
12:04so the question is is anything about this investigation been atypical versus past invest
12:08ntsb investigations um i would say every investigation is completely unique and we walk into it from the very
12:15first step saying we have no premise all we can do is take the facts that are presented to us analyze
12:21them and then validate and try to come out with the best investigative report so the ntsb has done 150
12:27000 of the aircraft investigations in its history we have a very good process we have a lot of great
12:34experts we're being supported by a lot of subject matter experts but every one of them is completely different
12:39so it's i'll call you yes sir uh jonathan gray from news any additional information in the last 24 hours about the md-11 aircraft
12:49when it was in san antonio anything that you learned uh additionally about that that time
12:55so the question was about the uh md-11 whenever it was in san antonio we uh as i said uh or i didn't say i'm sorry
13:02uh it was in for what we call a heavy check um that is something that is used in every uh airline
13:10which ups is an airline itself uses different terminology but it is considered a heavy check
13:16we we've actually dispatched additional people to retrieve some records the faa has assisted us
13:22in doing that and the good thing is they have a monitoring system on any of type of those repair
13:26facilities so we feel that we're going to get all the information we need but it's going to be a lot of
13:31information and so it's going to take a long time to go through and sort through everything that was
13:35done while we make sure we're focusing in the right areas yes ma'am
13:50so the question was uh at the crash site do we anticipate being here for another week
13:55we will be here as long as it takes
13:56um some of us may transfer out because we're better using the resources to bring in other people
14:04but i can tell you this much we're not going to leave until we know that we've secured all of the
14:09perishable evidence and all the information that will be necessary to come out with the most
14:13comprehensive investigative report we will do it as quickly as we can and with respect to those people
14:18who still have who have family members that that have not been found so we understand that we balance
14:26that we also have to monitor fatigue for a lot of people so we may rotate through some people and i know
14:32one of the other things that happens is sometimes helpful new sets of eyes open up different
14:38opportunities for us so the good thing is we have a good cadence and we're working on that cadence to
14:42make sure we're doing as efficiently as possible but more importantly making sure we're doing everything
14:48that's necessary
14:51anybody else yes sir
14:52so the question is does the ntsb stay until all of the the victims are found um our role is not
15:13the the victim recovery and that is being handled by the local authorities they're doing an excellent job
15:17with everything they can our job is to collect the perishable evidence associated with this aviation
15:23crash find out what happened why it happened and to prevent it for in the future um if that if
15:31that's probably it any other questions yes sir we're going to do two more by the way that's going to be it
15:38anything else about the left engine uh other than the uh the physical characteristics i said that we
15:49have recovered and the other parts that we're looking for um there's not anything specifically
15:55more that we can share i do know that the the job cards which take care of the instructions of how
16:01things are done and in what step and order those have been given to us so our people are looking at it
16:07and i can also indicate uh we've requested from ups an exemplary aircraft and this would be an
16:14aircraft that they currently have in their fleet that have the same type of engines they've been
16:18more than willing to provide one so that our inspectors can go and look at similar ones that
16:23are with the exact same type of configurations and i believe today or tomorrow some of our operations team
16:29are actually going to be in the simulators for the nd11 that are here on site which is very helpful
16:35and they can look at the the cockpit configuration to be able to run some scenarios that they need
16:39to to come up with that one more question i guess based on the what is the significance of the
16:48left engine being attached to the pylon can you just explain that in layman's terms what that would be
16:54in the investigation the question is in regard to the left engine being attached to the pylon
16:59uh with the video with the video evidence that we have and what we've been able to see we know that
17:05that area needs to be an area of focus uh by letting you know that the pylon is still attached
17:11uh or let me let me clarify the pylon was attached at the time that it disengaged from the aircraft
17:18now subsequently there could be damage that occurred upon its impact with the terrain so i want to clarify
17:23that because whenever we release pictures it may not look like what someone think that we said now
17:29but that is significant to us because it lets us move the focus into other areas it also allows us to
17:34do we in our laboratory in dc we have metallurgical analysts and we do a lot of very specific uh
17:42analyzation of that data so we need to try to figure out and i think the question yesterday is how much of
17:47the airplane we put back together this is an area based upon the video evidence we have that we know we
17:52need to focus but it won't be the sole focus it's one aspect of it but we need to actually try to do
17:58as much as we can to figure out that area because we know that we have some form of cause of issue or
18:03concern there thank you all very much
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