The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public in-person board meeting May 10 to consider the draft final report on a fatal air tour helicopter accident.
On December 26, 2019, at about 4:47 p.m. Hawaii standard time, a seven-seat helicopter operated by Safari Aviation Inc. as a commercial air tour flight collided into terrain in a remote, wooded area near Kekaha, Hawaii, on the island of Kauai. The pilot and the six passengers were fatally injured, and the helicopter was destroyed.
During the meeting, the NTSB members will vote on investigators' findings and recommendations as well as any changes to the draft report.
WHAT: An NTSB meeting on the Dec. 26, 2019, Kekaha, Hawaii, helicopter accident.
WHO: NTSB investigative staff and board members.
WHEN: Tuesday, May 10 at 9:30 a.m. Eastern.
WHERE: NTSB Boardroom and Conference Center, 429 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, District of Columbia.
WEBCAST: A link to the webcast will be available shortly before the start of the meeting at http://ntsb.windrosemedia.com/.
For those attending the meeting in person, the COVID-19 mitigation measures, which are based on CDC COVID-19 Community Levels in the Washington, D.C. metro area, are available on the Board meeting webpage under the Attend in Person section.
Media intending to cover the board meeting remotely (via webcast) are asked to RSVP to ntsbmediarelations@ntsb.gov to facilitate receipt of materials available to media covering the meeting in person.
A recording of the availability will be made available on the NTSB YouTube channel shortly after the session.
To report an incident/accident or if you are a public safety agency, please call 1-844-373-9922 or 202-314-6290 to speak to a Watch Officer at the NTSB Response Operations Center (ROC) in Washington, DC (24/7).
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