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

132312345678that would be –– we could learn from?WITNESS THOMAS: On that airplane, it is --that is an interesting airplane, because the very actof going supersonic raises its temperature, and inreality that airplane goes from lean through theflammability region out into rich every flight everyday.It is obviously designed to exactly the same91011standards that we use.complicated fuel system.still in fuel systems.It is a very much moreThat is probably why I amIf you can do the Concord one,1213you can -- the rest are relatively easy until you getto something like the B-2.14First of all,I would like to thank the Board15for the opportunity.It has been a long, hard week. I1617have learned a huge amount.at dinner time last night,We were talking about itand the young panelist with1819202122232425me on the electrical system made a comment that it wassuch a sobering reminder of what safety really means.We talk about safety daily, but to come tothis hearing and really talk about it in terms of thisaccident is a very powerful influence on our lives.Jerry was saying we really need to figure out how wetake a ten-minute synopsis of this and make itavailable to our employees to get the message over, andCAPITAL HILL REPORTING, INC.(202) 466-9500