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National Transportation Safety Board

Office of General Counsel

490 L'Enfant Plaza East, S.W. 202/314-6080

Washington, D.C. 20594-2001 FAX 202/314-6090

July 17, 2003

VIA HAND DELIVERY

Daniel Marcus
General Counsel
c/o Dana Hyde, Esquire
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
301 7th Street, SW, Room 5125
Washington, DC 20407

Dear Mr. Marcus:

I write in response to the July 2, 2003 request by the National Commission on Terrorist
Attacks Upon the United States for production of copies of certain documents by the National
Transportation Safety Board ("NTSB"). As you know, the NTSB is an independent
establishment of the United States Government, responsible for, among other things,
investigating aircraft accidents. See 49 U.S.C. § 1131(a)(l)(A). The law enforcement
investigation of the events of September 11, 2001 was under the jurisdiction of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), but, at FBI's request and under its direction, the NTSB
provided technical assistance.

The NTSB helped document factual information regarding the aircraft involved in the
events of September 11th, and delivered this information and numerous reports and other
technical products to the FBI. The material collected and produced by NTSB personnel for the
FBI is, and was at all times, under the FBI's control.

The Commission's electronic request specifically sought, "[a]ll records relating to the
NTSB's review of radar data from the United States Air Force and Federal Aviation
Administration concerning (1) the hijacked aircraft on September 11, 2001, and (2) the United
States Government's air defense response to the hijacked aircraft." The request also specifically
"includes, but is not limited to, both the raw radar files and the NTSB's analysis of the combined
radar information."1 Subsequently, Christopher Julius, an attorney on my staff, and I have had

1 As you can see from the attached list, NTSB only has material responsive to the first part of your request. I
am advised that the NTSB did not conduct any investigation or collect any records (other than those we are
providing in response to the first part of the request) that would pertain to the United States Government's air
defense response to the hijacked aircraft.
conversations with Commission Deputy General Counsel Steven Dunn and staff counsel Dana
Hyde, as well as with Department of Justice liaison counsel Brian Hook, about your request.

Today, the FBI authorized NTSB to provide to the Commission copies of all material that
NTSB delivered to the FBI. For your convenience, I have attached a list of that material. I am
advised that this material is included within the nondisclosure agreement for Moussaoui-related
material reached between the Commission and the Executive Branch. With the exception of a
copy of the cockpit voice recorder recording ("CVR") and an early copy of a working draft of
the CVR transcript from United Airlines Flight 93 CVR, I am herewith providing the
Commission with copies of all such material.2 We trust our production, which is both responsive
to and extends beyond the boundaries of your written request, will prove helpful to you.

If you have any questions, or need assistance with anything, please feel free to call on us.
Mr. Julius can provide the best assistance, and he can be reached at (202) 314-6087.

Sincerely,

Ronald S. Battocchi
General Counsel

Enclosures

2 CVR recordings require different treatment, in part because of the special restrictions against public disclosure
imposed by Congress. See 49 U.S.C. § 1114(c); see also 49 U.S.C. § 1154(a) (setting forth detailed provisions
designed to minimize dissemination of non-public CVR information). I am advised that the FBI, however, which is
in possession of the original CVR tape and the final draft of the CVR transcript from Flight 93, will respond directly
to any Commission request pertaining to the CVR. You will note that some of the products we are delivering to you
incorporate information from the FBI transcript of the Flight 93 CVR recording.
NTSB/RE Products for FBI:

UA 93-Pennsylvania DCA01MA065
NTSB/RE Products, Sept 11 Support (printed on 02/21/2002):
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Product Staff Format Status Description
Animation (UA93) Grossi/Johnson video complete RAPS animation with CVR text, provided to FBI fall 2001
recording of all radio sounds to/from subject airplane, single
ATC .wav file (UA93) Gregor 1 cdrom complete
time base
transcript of all radio sounds to/from subject airplane, single
ATC Transcript (UA93) Gregor report complete
time base
CVR draft transcript (UA93) Cash ~1 report complete provided to FBI in fall 2001
FDR "RAPS" Project file (UA93) Cash 1 cdrom complete project file for FDR readout on RAPS software
FDR Data Tables - UA93 Gormley 1 cdrom complete tabular FDR data
FDR Factual Report and Data
Gormley report complete Plots and tabular data of pertinent parameters
(UA93)
Flight Path Description Study -
Ritter report complete Brief flight history, based on FDR, radar, and ATC transcript
UA93
Impact Parameters (final 10 sees
O'Call e-mail complete FDR trajectory data for final 10 sees (speed, AOA, etc.)
of FDR data)- Sandia (UA93)

A A77 '-Pentagon DCA01MA064

Product Staff Format Status Description

copytoDVCAM,
Animation (AA77) Grossi/Johnson complete RAPS animation with ATC radio transmission text
DVD, and VMS
recording of all radio sounds to/from subject airplane, single
ATC .wav file (AA77) Gregor 1 cdrom complete
time base
transcript of all radio sounds to/from subject airplane, single
ATC Transcript (AA77) Gregor report complete
time base
FDR "RAPS" Project file (AA77) Cash 1 cdrom complete aroject file for FDR readout on RAPS software
FDR Data Tables - AA77 McComb report complete tabular FDR data
FDR Factual Report - AA77 McComb reoort complete Plots and tabular data of pertinent parameters
Flight Path Description Study
Ritter report complete Brief flight history, based on FDR, radar, and ATC transcript
(AA77)

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AA11-WTCX1 DCA01MA060
Product Staff Format Status Description
recording of all radio sounds to/from subject airplane, single
ATC .wav file (AA11) Gregor 1 cdrom complete
time base
transcript of all radio sounds to/from subject airplane, single
ATC Transcript (AA11) Gregor report complete
time base
Flight Path Description Study -
Ritter report complete Brief flight history, based on radar and ATC transcript
AA11

UA175-WTC#2 DCA01MA063
Product Staff Format Status Description
recording of all radio sounds to/from subject airplane, single
ATC .wav file (UA1 75) Gregor 1 cdrom complete
time base
transcript of all radio sounds to/from subject airplane, single
ATC Transcript (UA1 75) Gregor report complete
time base
Debris Trajectory Study (UA175) Crider report complete debris trajectories for use in locating flight recorders
Flight Path Description Study -
Ritter report complete Brief flight history, based on radar and ATC transcript
UA175
Impact Speed Estimates - Video
Brazy/Crider report complete compare speeds from video data
Data(UA175)

Miscellaneous
Product Staff Format Status Description
ACARS data (all aircraft) Ritter paper complete ACARS printouts provided by Airlines for each Aircraft
Autoflight/Navigation Equipment
O'Call/Bower report complete review of FDR autopilot/navigation equipment activity
Activity (UA93+AA77)
FAA ATC paper transcripts and Rowlett, Gregor, paper reports,
complete box of all material provided by FAA
cassette tapes of ATC recordings English tapes

FBI non-disclosure forms Cash paper complete for all who had access to UA93 CVR info

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Miscellaneous, cont'd
Product Staff
NTSB/RE Products, Sept 11 Support (printed on 02/21/2002):

Format Status Description

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approved by FBI, Pentagon Airplane: heading, speed, fuel weight, gross weight
Impact Parameters-ASCE Ritter paper fax
not yet released at impact.
WTC airplanes: heading, speed, fuel weight, gross weight at
Impact Parameters-FEMA Ritter paper fax complete
impact
awaiting FBI All aircraft: heading, speed, fuel weight, gross weight at
Impact Parameters-NORAD Ritter paper fax
approval impact
Impact Speed from Radar Data
Bower report complete estimate of impact speeds for WTC aircraft
for WTC aircraft
radar data (all collected) Park 2 CD-Roms complete compilation of all radar data collected by NTSB
Recorded Radar Study - All
Bower report complete brief radar study with time correlation between clocks
aircraft
Still Pictures Brazy/Bower 1 cdrom complete images of pentagon and NYC crash sites
World Trade News footage Brazy Beta Tape complete video of news footage from Ted L.
World Trade News footage Brazy VMS tape complete video of news footage from FBI Lab

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