{"identifier":"/us/usc/t49/s1112","title":49,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1112.","heading":"Special boards of inquiry on air transportation safety","text":"\u00a7\u202f1112.\nSpecial boards of inquiry on air transportation safety\n(a)\nEstablishment.\u2014\nIf an accident involves a substantial question about public safety in air transportation, the National Transportation Safety Board may establish a special board of inquiry composed of\u2014\n(1) one member of the Board acting as chairman; and\n(2) 2 members representing the public, appointed by the President on notification of the establishment of the special board of inquiry.\n(b)\nQualifications and Conflicts of Interest.\u2014\nThe public members of a special board of inquiry must be qualified by training and experience to participate in the inquiry and may not have a pecuniary interest in an aviation enterprise involved in the accident to be investigated.\n(c)\nAuthority.\u2014\nA special board of inquiry has the same authority that the Board has under this chapter.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t49/s1112.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s1112","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1112."},{"t":"heading","text":"Special boards of inquiry on air transportation safety"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s1112/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Establishment.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"If an accident involves a substantial question about public safety in air transportation, the National Transportation Safety Board may establish a special board of inquiry composed of\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s1112/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" one member of the Board acting as chairman; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s1112/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" 2 members representing the public, appointed by the President on notification of the establishment of the special board of inquiry.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s1112/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Qualifications and Conflicts of Interest.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The public members of a special board of inquiry must be qualified by training and experience to participate in the inquiry and may not have a pecuniary interest in an aviation enterprise involved in the accident to be investigated.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s1112/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Authority.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"A special board of inquiry has the same authority that the Board has under this chapter.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}