A-93-091
NTSB Safety Recommendation — Aviation
Recommendation text
THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: REQUIRE THAT, AS A CONDITION FOR LICENSE FOR COMMERICAL SPACE LAUNCHES, AS A MINIMUM, THE COMPANY APPLYING FOR THE LICENSE INCLUDE IN ITS LICENSE APPLICATION A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN FOR: A PROVISION THAT INTERPHONE OR OTHER COMMUNICATION ASSIGNMENTS BE APPORTIONED TO ALLOW DECISION MAKERS FROM EACH PARTY DIRECT ACCESS TO THE DECISION MAKERS OF OTHER PARTIES AND THAT PROPER RADIO-TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION PHRASEOLOGY IS USED, AND A PROVISION THAT KEY PARTICIPANTS IN THE LAUNCH MONITOR A COMMON INTERCOM CHANNEL AT AN ESTABLISHED POINT IN THE COUNTDOWN AND THAT THESE PARTICIPANTS CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS CHANNEL DURING THE FINAL COUNTDOWN SEQUENCE AND AFTER LAUNCH.
In plain language (FlightFinder summary)
The National Transportation Safety Board asks the Department of Transportation to mandate that commercial space launch license applications include a communications plan. The plan must specify that decision makers from all parties have direct interphone or radio access to each other using proper phraseology, and that key launch participants monitor a shared intercom channel from a designated point in the countdown through the final sequence and after launch.
This plain-language summary is written by FlightFinder to explain the recommendation above. It is not the official wording — the verbatim NTSB text is quoted above.
Details
| Status | Closed - Acceptable Action |
|---|---|
| Mode | Aviation |
| Closed | Aug 26, 1999 |
| NTSB number | 80025 |
| Addressees | DOT |
External links
NTSB safety recommendations are advisory; addressees are not legally required to adopt them. Source: NTSB CAROL (public domain).