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1999
NOVEMBER
November 19, 1999
NTSB Criticizes Media Reports
Associated Press correspondent Pat Milton discusses the latest developments in the Egypt Air Flight 990 investigation.


November 17, 1999
EgyptAir Investigation Update
Pat Milton, Associated Press correspondent covering aviation and federal law enforcement and author of "In the Blink of an Eye: The FBI Investigation of TWA Flight 800," and Mamoun Fandy, professor of Middle East Politics at Georgetown University and executive director of the Council on Egyptian-American Relations, discuss the latest developments in the EgyptAir crash investigation.


November 16, 1999
EgyptAir Flight 990: A New Phase?
James Kallstrom, former assistant director of the FBI, and Elaine Shannon, a correspondent for Time Magazine, discuss the latest findings in the search for clues to the mysterious downing of Flight 990.


November 15, 1999
Final Words
Experts discuss the information yielded by the flight recorder in the ongoing investigation of the recent Egypt Air crash.


November 2, 1999
The Crash Aftermath
Captain Sam Debow of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration discusses the latest developments in the Egypt Air crash investigation.


November 1, 1999
EgyptAir Flight 990 Down
Michael Goldfarb, former chief of staff of the Federal Aviation Administration and current aviation consultant; Jack McGeorge, president of the Public Safety Group and former CIA anti-sabotage specialist; and R. John Hansman, MIT professor of aeronautics and astronautics, discuss possible scenarios that caused the disastrous downing of the Egyptian Air flight Sunday.

OCTOBER
October 27, 1999
High Speed Stakes
Correspondent Tom Bearden looks at the financial earnings report announced by Amtrak and the importance of the new high-speed train for Amtrak's future.


October 26, 1999
Runaway Jet
James Burnett, former chair of the National Transportation and Safety Board, and James McKenna, transportation and safety editor at Aviation Week, discuss Monday's Learjet crash in Mina, South Dakota.

SEPTEMBER
September 1, 1999
Off the Radar
After a background report, the Federal Aviation Administration, discusses the reasons behind airline delays. Than two experts discuss airline delays and the causes behind them.

AUGUST
August 19, 1999
Carrying on about Carry-ons
Correspondent Tom Bearden reports on the mounting dangers of airplane carry-on luggage as injury numbers grow.

MAY
May 31, 1999
Smart Trek
Rod Minott reports on some new hi-tech ways to avoid traffic congestion in Seattle.


May 26, 1999
A Growing Problem
Correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the problems facing burgeoning suburbs.

FEBRUARY
February 15, 1999
Unfriendly Skies?
A discussion the American Airlines standoff and the possible implications of the recent contempt of court charge against the pilots' union.

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