Transcript of Hearing 12/12/97 - TWA Flight 800 Investigation

12961CHAIRMAN HALL: Well, thank you. That is a2345very complete response.MR. RODRIGUES:Chairman.CHAIRMAN HALL:Thank you very much.No additional questions, Mr.The Air Line Pilots6Association?Captain?789CAPTAIN REKART: Yes, sir. I think the firstquestion would be for Mr. Lauzze and Mr. Tyson.Yesterday in your presentation you used terms like1011“successful” and “effective”different remedial systems,when referring toreference being made to121314151617successful use of inerting and the fact that foam hadbeen effective.Can you give an idea how that success andeffectiveness is measured?WITNESS TYSON: Yeah, I can. When we conducta test it is based on –– and we are evaluating a system18like that,it is based on a pressure in general below1920212223the design limit load of the structure that it would beinstalled in.If we can keep that pressure below -- forexample, eighty percent of the –– our goal would be tokeep the pressure in our test in using these protection24systems at eighty percent,the design limit load of the25structure it will be installed in.That would be -- ifCAPITAL HILL REPORTING, INC.(202) 466-9500