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U.S.
Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary of Transportation |
400 Seventh St., S.W. |
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U.S.
Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary of Transportation |
400 Seventh St., S.W. |
May 15, 1998
Dear Foreign Air Carrier Representative:
In January of this year, Secretary Rodney E. Slater and National Transportation Safety Board Chairman James E. Hall sent you a letter advising you of a new law entitled the Foreign Air Carrier Family Support Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-148 (111 Stat. 2681)). The Act adds a new section 41313 to Subtitle VII of Title 49 of the U.S. Code, and provides that, no later than June 15, 1998, foreign air carriers providing foreign air transportation must file with the Department and NTSB a plan to address the needs of families of passengers involved in an accident that involves an aircraft under the foreign carrier’s control and results in a significant loss of life.
Since we sent our January letter, a number of foreign carriers have asked questions concerning the applicability and implementation of various aspects of the Foreign Air Carrier Family Support Act. Because the answers to these questions apply to many foreign carriers, we have decided to make them available to the industry in the attachment to this letter, and to place a copy in Docket OST 98-3304.
Finally, as we stated in our earlier letter, questions concerning the contents of plans may be addressed to Erik Grosof, Office of Family Support Services, NTSB, at (202) 314-6185. Questions concerning the applicability of the requirements of the Foreign Air Carrier Family Support Act to a particular foreign air carrier should be addressed to George Wellington, Chief, Foreign Air Carrier Licensing Division, Office of International Aviation, DOT, at (202) 366-2391.
Thank you for your cooperation on this important issue.
Sincerely,
Donald H. Horn
Assistant General Counsel
for International Law
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the Task Force on Assistance to Families of Aviation Disasters
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