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NTSB Photo Opportunity with Caribbean Black Boxes

WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a
photo availability on Tuesday, August 2, 2011 of the flight data recorder
and cockpit voice recorder from Caribbean Airlines flight 523, which
crashed during landing on Saturday July 30, 2011 in Georgetown,
Guyana.
Event: Photo Availability

Date/Time: Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at 11:30 a.m. (EDT)

Location: NTSB Headquarters
6th Floor
490 L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC, 20594

Note: This is a photo availability only – no interviews will be conducted.
Guyana’s Civil Aviation Authority is leading the investigation.

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