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

127512345millions and billions of gallons of Jet–A that we usetoday?The price is not trivial, but is also is notenormous, and we just –– it is just something we haveto look at.6QThe last thing I want to talk about with the78NPRM’s comments was the itemization of the accidentrecord both in the commercial world and in the military9world,and as I look through that with the caveat that10was given in the NPRM,that many of these were related1112131415to the use -- or thought to be related to the use ofJP-4 fuel.We count thirteen commercial accidents fromthe early 60 -- well, actually, the earliest being1959, and on the military side of non-combat airplanes,16which in this case are two types.One is the Boeing1718192021707 and the other is the B-52-H which were bothmanufactured by Boeing.Could you comment on that list in terms ofwhat, if anything, that signifies? Is there anythingthat the FAA suggests, any trend?22AWell, maybe I was trying to look at the2324table, but I didn’t quite understand what significanceyou are trying to get me to comment on.25QWell, we have heard -- there has been a lotCAPITAL HILL REPORTING, INC.(202) 466-9500