Bruggink later worked for Aviation Crash Injury Research (AvCIR) in Phoenix. In 1963, Bruggink worked for USABAAR (U.S. Army Board for Aviation Accident Research) at Fort Rucker, Alabama. In 1969 he was appointed to be Chief of Human Factors at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). He retired from the NTSB in 1982 as the Deputy Director, Office of Aviation Safety, but maintained a keen interest in aviation safety matters and published numerous air-safety-related papers. He died in his home in Skipperville, Alabama, on 5 December 2005, after a long illness. He was 88 years old. See also Jacob van Helsdingen August Deibel References 1917 births 2005 deaths Burma Railway prisoners Dutch emigrants to the United States Dutch prisoners of war in World War II Dutch Roman Catholics Knights Fourth Class of the Military Order of William People from Tubbergen Recipients of the Airman's Cross Recipients of the Bronze Cross (Netherlands) Royal Netherlands Air Force officers Royal Netherlands Air Force personnel of World War II Royal Netherlands Air Force pilots Royal Netherlands East Indies Army officers Royal Netherlands East Indies Army personnel of World War II World War II prisoners of war held by Japan