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NTSB To Meet over Jackson Hole Airport Incident

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold a meeting to determine the probable cause and consider safety recommendations for a highway collision and an aviation incident.
The first item the Board will discuss will be the March 12, 2011, crash in New York City of a World Wide Tours-operated motorcoach. Fifteen passengers died in the collision.
The second item is a December 29, 2010, incident in which an American Airlines B-757 ran off the departure end of the runway into deep snow after landing at Wyoming’s Jackson Hole Airport. None of the 185 passengers and crew onboard were injured; the aircraft sustained minor damage.
Event: Board Meeting
Date/Time: Tuesday, June 5, 9:30 a.m. (ET)
Location: NTSB Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC
Participants: NTSB Board Members

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