The Ingenieur Vol 59 July-Sept 2014 The Ingenieur Vo. 59, July-Sept 2014 | Page 54

INGENIEUR NTSB investigated the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash in 2013. Because the MHS 370 plane is made in the US, NTSB is providing technical assistance to the Malaysian authorities in their investigation. factual information is released. There is no speculation over cause. MHS 370 Investigation Aviation “Go Teams” respond only to accidents that occur on US territory or in international waters. Elsewhere, the investigator is the Government in whose territory the accident occurs, usually assisted by a US “accredited representative” from the NTSB’s staff of IICs if a US carrier or US manufactured plane is involved. As such, NTSB’s role in the MHS 370 investigation was limited. It came to investigate the incident as Boeing was an aircraft made in the US. On March 8, 2014, a NTSB team accompanied by representatives of the Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing came to Kuala Lumpur. The NTSB stated it was “providing technical assistance to t HX[^\