go-team

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1. A team of specialists that is called on as a task force to quickly respond to and investigate accidents.

   On 24-hour alert, go-team personnel possess a wide range of accident investigation skills.

   2003, Alexander T. Wells, Clarence Rodrigues, Commercial Aviation Safety, →ISBN, page 59

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   In marine accidents, go-teams may include an accident investigation manager, a marine operations specialist. a naval architect or marine engineer, a human performance specialist, a survival systems expert and, sometimes, metallurgists, meteorologists and hazardous materials specialists.

   1995, Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council, page 4

   A full go-team was assembled that evening, but because of the lack of availability of a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airplane or commercial flights, the team did not depart the Washington, D.C., area until the morning of September 9, 1994.

   2011, Hank Williamson, Air Crash Investigations, →ISBN

   Consequently, crash sites are protected from the untrained until the go-team arrives on the scene.

   2017, Stephen K. Cusick, Antonio I. Cortes, Clarence C. Rodrigues, Commercial Aviation Safety, →ISBN, page 221

plural Go-Teams

1. alternativeAlternative form of go-team.

   Saving lives isn't the domain of the Go-Team.

   2010, Dana Haynes, Crashers: A Thriller, →ISBN, page 37

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   Two of the 16 Go-Teams have discovered major design problems in vehicles involved in accidents.

   1971, Signal 99

   Go-Teams can also be invaluable in travelling through stricken areas to provide needs assessments, especially in more rural, isolated areas.

   2003, Joseph J. Zealberg, Alberto B. Santos, Jackie A. Puckett, Comprehensive Emergency Mental Health Care, →ISBN, page 183