Originally Posted by
58November
Well 1st, it is part of the FAA mandate to keep records of all incidents and accidents/ hijackings. That is part of their mission.
You can find other hijacking events on their website faa.gov
Next, the FAA was a defendant in the case. FAA personnel testified at the trial, gave depositions, etc. The DOT Secretary and FAA D director of Safety were also named.
This was the 1st hijacking in the US where a captain had been killed.
The records should be maintained in their archives.....everything they do gets stored there from since the agency was created.
Not disagreeing, but where does it state that mandate and where does it specify the year(s) which the data exists?
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When you say, "the records should be maintained in their archives", what "archives"? Accident/incident database? What other archive would it be in? The only things kept there over time is usually the 8020-23 form, however given the age of this event, I doubt there is one, it was long before that form was being used and long before the "electronic age" of databases. The NTSB would be of more help here I'd imagine. I'm not saying that the records you seek don't exist, but I'm questioning the assumption that they "have to" exist at the FAA. The FAA tries to maintain aviation safety by regulation and oversight, and as such it acts on data, accidents, congress, and other instigating events, but I haven't seen where the FAA specifically keeps the source-data outside of their normal operations.
Now, maybe I'm wrong, but I'd like to see you pointed in a direction that would be helpful, rather than a false hope.