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At the time of the accident, TWA was an air carrier operating under currently effective certificates of public convenience and necessity and air carrier operating certificates. Those certificates authorized it to engage in air transportation with respect to persons, property and mail over various routes, including route No. 2 between the co—terminal points New York, New York, and Newark, New Jersey, and the terminal point Los Angeles, California, via certain intermediate points, including Albuquerque, New Mexico, Winslow, Arizona, and Boulder City, Nevada.

The crew of the flight in question consisted of Captain Wayne C. Williams, First Officer M. A. Gillette, and Air Hostess Alice Frances Getz.

Captain Williams, aged 41, held an airline transport pilot certificate. He had a total of 12,024 hours flying time, of which approximately 3500 hours had been in DC-3 airplanes. His night flying time between August 1, 1941, and the date of the accident was approximately 203 hours. His last physical examination, required by the Civil Air Regulations, was taken on December 19, 1941, and showed him to be in satisfactory physical condition.

Captain Williams was employed by TWA on September 7, 1931. The Board examined the facts relating to the discharge of Captain Wayne Williams and his subsequent reinstatement by TWA after a proceeding held before