411A,
Your comment,
"Quite a few folks don't seem to agree with you, wsherif1, including those with a whole lot of accident investigation experience."
Those with a whole lot of accident investigation experience, especially the NTSB, are guilty of the following.
1. Removal of the ATC Chairman's factual report, on the United B737 accident over Colorado Springs,CO March 3, 1991. The report included the sworn testimony of the final controller, who was handling the aircraft, and he tells exactly what happened! (Not what the NTSB claims!)
2. The NTSB misread the FDR Chart in the United Boeing 747 severe air turbulence accident. (1 fatality, 5 broken necks,6 broken backs, on 12/28/97.) The NTSB read the chart and reported the reading as 0.8 negative G, the actual G reading was 1.8 negative G! (A senior NTSB investigator, when asked, said, "You start from the zero G line and then count down to the maximum reading! When did we start flying around at zero G?)
3. The NTSB removed essential evidence from the FDR chart in the TWA 800 accident and then issued a modified chart.
There are other incidents, but for the sake of brevity I will stop here.
All of the above are substantiated by copies of the actual reports and the FDR Charts involved.
NTSB ignorance, or cover-ups? Both!
Last edited by wsherif1; 6th Nov 2004 at 00:32.