In October 1985, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) selected Greg Feith, an air safety investigator, to lead a team of U.S. investigators and Bolivian mountain guides to conduct an on-site examination of the wreckage of Flight 980, which had come to rest around 6,126 metres (20,098 ft).
En outubro de 1985 a Xunta Nacional de Seguridade no Transporte estadounidense (NTSB) seleccionou a Greg Feith, un investigador de seguridade aérea, para liderar un equipo de investigadores estadounidenses e guías de montaña bolivianos para realizar un exame in situ dos restos do voo 980, que se atopaban a 6 126 metros.