Klass and Haines inquiries and FAA responses

US Departmenl
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Sub1ect INFORMATION: Release of Incident Information
JAL1628
From Manager, Air Traffic Division, ML-500
To Public Affairs Officer, AAL-5
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Reply to
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This is in reply to your letter dated February 2, 1987, on the release of
accident investigation rraterial, data, and inforrn.:;tion on JAL1628.
The Air Traffic Division has given a complete air traffic package to the
Director of Air Traffic Evaluations and Analysis, Harvey B. Safeer , ATS-1;
and the Manager of Policy and Recomrrendation Branch, David F. Thomas, ASF-
120. ATS-1 is responsible on a national level for the investigation of air
traffic accidents and incidents, and they have a need to know and to have
copies of information concerning accidents and incidents as soon as
possible. David Thomas received an AT package because of a congressional
which he is/was working on, however, a copy was not sent until we had
coordinated with Alaskan Region Flight Standards.
AAL-1 and AAL-2 had a copy of the tape and prepared a transcript.
AAL-1 sent several pieces of information to Mr. Engen's special assistant,
and also authorized Major Jim Johnson from Elrrendorf AFB to obtain a
cassette tape recording and a transcript.
A copy of the transcript dated January 6, 1987 was rapid-faxed to ATS-1,
attention Dick Wise, on January 7, 1987, by AAL-515.
The only other copies, that the Air Traffic Division are aware of , are the
ones in reply to the Freedom of Information requests , which are in the
possession of Ivy Moore, AAL-5, and the copy given to you on January 30,
1987 in the AT package.
The Air Traffic Division i s very cognizant of the :policy on release of
inforITBtion and does not give investigative data and rraterial out to other
than need-to-know parties. We have no further control on the handling of
inforITBtion after it has been released from our off ice.