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and the assistants of the Board are authorized to travel in the same manner as employees of the Authority. 

Preservation of Records and Reports

"(e) The records and reports of the Board shall be preserved in the custody of the secretary of the Authority in the same manner and subject to the same provisions respecting publication as the records and reports of the Authority, except that any publication thereof shall be styled 'Air Safety Board of the Civil Aeronautics Authority,' and that no part of any report or reports of the Board or the Authority relating to any accident, or the investigation thereof, shall be admitted as evidence or used in any suit or action for damages growing out of any matter mentioned in such report or reports. 

General Duties

"Sec. 702 (a) It shall be the duty of the Board to -- 
"(1) Make rules and regulations, subject to the approval of the Authority, governing notifications and report of car accidents involving aircraft; 

"(2) Investigate such accidents and report to the Authority the facts, conditions, and circumstances relating to each accident, and the probable cause thereof; 

"(3) Make such recommendations to the Authority as, in its opinion, will tend to prevent similar accidents in the future. 

"(4) Make such reports and recommendations public in such form and manner as may be deemed by it to be in the public interest; and 

"(5) Assist the Authority in ascertaining what will best tend to reduce or eliminate the possibility of, or recurrence of, accidents by investigating such complaints filed with the Authority or the Board, and by investigating such complaints filed with the Authority or the Board, and by conducting such special studies and investigations, on matters pertaining to safety in air navigation and the prevention of accidents, as may be requested or approved by the Authority. 

Manner of Performance

"(b) The Board shall exercise and perform its powers and duties independently of the Authority and shall not be assigned any duties in, or in connection with, any other section or unit of the authority.