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2.7.1. NTSB personnel summarize evidence and may present analysis.
2.7.2. The Board will consider and vote upon findings, recommendations, and the probable cause(s).
2.7.3. Parties, the press and the public may attend.
2.7.4. A videotape of the Board Meeting is placed in the public docket for the investigation, along
with the aircraft accident report (AAR).
2.8. Mishap Information.
2.8.1. Press and Public Relations. The NTSB responds to press and public interest in its investigation
with prepared releases or through a selected spokesman. Only the IIC, the Member present at the mis-
hap scene, or the NTSB Office of Public Affairs may publicly release information concerning findings
or the conduct of the investigation.
2.8.2. Reports. The NTSB staff writes and assembles the AAR which may include factual reports by
group chair and NTSB engineers or technicians, photographs, diagrams, witness statements, and cop-
ies of documents which illuminate the accident circumstances.
2.8.2.1. The AAR, its determination of cause and its proposals for corrective action are public
records, as are any communications to the Board concerning the investigation.
2.8.2.2. Investigators' intermediate work products (e.g., notes, excess photographs and unused
documents), and the Board's analysis are not releasable and are destroyed when no longer needed
for the investigation.
2.8.2.3. Information which is proprietary, classified, or would unduly violate an individual's pri-
vacy is not releasable. The latter is not equivalent to privilege protection.
2.8.2.4. The Board considers its cases to always remain open. It will accept new evidence at any
time and will, if appropriate, reconsider its findings and recommendations in light of the new evi-
dence.
2.9. Notification. The military commander having first knowledge of a mishap involving both civil and
military aircraft will notify the appropriate service headquarters and safety center by telephone and then
by message in accordance with service directives.
2.9.1. The military safety center will relay pertinent mishap information to the NTSB by telephone
and by confirming message.
2.9.2. The NTSB or FAA will notify the appropriate service headquarters and military safety center
when its personnel report a mishap involving both civil and military aircraft.
2.10. Responsibilities. The military safety center elects whether to participate in a NTSB investigation
and informs the NTSB, the involved military commanders and military investigative boards.
2.10.1. If participating, the safety center appoints a military coordinator and personnel to take part in
the investigative groups.
2.10.1.1. The military coordinator and personnel appointed to take part in the investigative groups
shall not have responsibility for conducting a concurrent investigation into the mishap.
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