Fortenbaugh also interviewed other persons believed to have some information relating to the accident and in some cases he made memoranda of what they told him. At the time when Fortenbaugh secured the statements of the survivors, representatives of two of the deceased crew members had been in communication with him.
Fortenbaugh interviewed others who were believed to possess information regarding the incident, and sometimes he documented their accounts. When Fortenbaugh gathered the testimonies of the survivors, representatives from two of the deceased crew members had been communicating with him.