National Transportation Safety Board, or NTSB, sent a team of crash experts to Nova Scotia headed by Greg Feith, lead investigator of the 1996 ValuJet crash in the Florida Everglades. “My understanding is that all initial information indicates that it was an accident,” Reno told reporters Thursday at her weekly news briefing.
Janet Reno said there were no indications that the crash resulted from a terrorist attack. “I can’t tell you today exactly what happened.” “It’s much to soon to say with certainty what the sequence of events was before the accident,” said Benoit Bouchard, head of the Canadian safety board.
That conclusion could become official as soon as today when control over the crash scene could pass from the military to the Canadian Transportation Safety Board, charged with finding the cause of the crash.Īuthorities here and in Washington said it was too early to speculate on causes but stressed there is no evidence of sabotage. It remains officially designated as a search for survivors, but Fauteux acknowledged that none are expected to be found. The search, involving an estimated 1,200 military personnel, was expected to continue through the night.
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