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Subject From To @ US Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Viemorandum FFE 6 (107 INFORMATION: Release of Incident Information Date \ ) JAL1628 Reply to Manager, Air Traffic Division, AAL-500 Attn of Public Affairs Officer, AAL-5 This is in reply to your letter dated February 2, 1987, on the release of accident investigation material, data, and information 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 Recommendation 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 Elmendorf 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 is very cognizant of the policy on release of information and does not give investigative data and material out to other than need-to-know parties. We have no further control on the handling of information after it has been released from our office.