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Safety Board Conditionally Endorses ‘Special Conditions’

Steve Scott

Monday, April 5th, 2004

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In a bow to political pragmatism, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has endorsed the "special conditions" proposed recently for fuel tank safety. "We believe that, at the current time, this NPSC [notice of proposed special conditions] is consistent with the board's position to reduce flammability to the greatest extent technically feasible," the NTSB said in its submission to the docket. The letter was in response to the NPSC propounded Dec. 9, 2003, by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). That…

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