National Transportation Safety Board

Metro Red Line Crash Victims Honored With Plaque

AP | Posted 05.11.2012

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WASHINGTON — The nine people killed in a Metrorail crash in June 2009 in northeast Washington will be honored with a plaque near the crash site ...

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Two Mayo Clinic Workers Die In Forida Helicopter Crash

AP | JENNIFER KAY | Posted 02.25.2012

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MIAMI — A surgeon and technician from a Mayo Clinic in Florida flying across the northern corner of the state to retrieve a heart for transplant...

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NTSB Recommends Ban On Hands-Free Phones While Driving

AP | By JOAN LOWY | Posted 12.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- When someone is talking to you, your brain is listening, processing and thinking about what's being said – even if you're in the d...

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Feds Urge Total Cellphone Ban While Driving

AP | By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER | Posted 12.14.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- Ren Bishop is one of many American drivers who texts, tweets and talks on her cellphone while she's behind the wheel – and thinks...

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Should Cellphone Use Be Illegal In Cars?

Reuters | Posted 02.12.2012

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By John Crawley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. safety investigators called on Tuesday for a nationwide ban on texting and cell phone use w...

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School Nixes $14 Million Award For Student Injured In Bus Crash

AP | Posted 02.12.2012

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FALLSINGTON, Pa. — A suburban Philadelphia school district said Tuesday that it's legally restricted to pay no more than $500,000 to a former hi...

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NTSB Takes Colgan Air to the Woodshed

Robert Davey | Posted 01.15.2012

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The National Transportation Safety Board sent a letter Nov. 9 to Pinnacle Airlines, parent company of Colgan Air, regarding the recent discovery of em...

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Asleep at the Wheel

Lawrence J. Hanley | Posted 01.09.2012

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Intercity bus companies typically pay their drivers abysmally low wages and force them to work more than 100 hours a week. Why do bus operators get away with that?

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Watch Metro Rebuild Track Switch Near U Street Station (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.10.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Metro work crews have been busy throughout the three-day Columbus Day weekend reconstructing a track switch on the Green and Yellow line...

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Former Space Shuttle Astronaut in Center of Love Triangle Survives Plane Crash

AP | By RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 12.07.2011

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The former space shuttle pilot at the center of a bizarre love triangle involving another astronaut survived a small plane crash ...

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Rand Paul Wants Debate On Pipeline Safety Bill

AP | By JOAN LOWY | Posted 11.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The only senator opposed to a bill to toughen federal safety regulation of oil and gas pipelines said Wednesday he's willing to work wit...

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ALL THEIR FAULT: Report Officially Blames PG&E For Deadly San Bruno Blast

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 11.26.2011

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WASHINGTON — Federal accident investigators lay the blame squarely on Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for a gas pipeline explosion that killed eight ...

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Officials: PG&E's 'Litany Of Failures' Led To Deadly San Bruno Explosion

AP | JOAN LOWY and MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 10.30.2011

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WASHINGTON — A federal safety panel blamed a series of missteps by one of the nation's largest gas companies for the largest pipeline accident i...

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Small Plane Crashes Into California Yard

AP | Posted 10.29.2011

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- A pilot suffered a broken leg after crashing a small plane into the yard of a home near Santa Monica Airport, authorities said...

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Another New York Bus Crash Kills 2

AP | Posted 09.17.2011

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BATH, N.Y. (AP) — A tour bus traveling from Washington, D.C., to Niagara Falls crashed in a wooded median in western New York on Sunday afternoon, k...

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Plane Crashes Into Medical Building Killing Four

AP | Posted 09.07.2011

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WATSONVILLE, Calif. — Federal investigators on Friday raised the death toll in a small plane crash into a Central California medical building, s...

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Sources: Bus Driver In NYC Crash Had Driving Privileges Suspended Prior To Accident

AP | By MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALBANY, N.Y. -- The driver of a bus in a horrific weekend crash that killed 15 people in New York City should not have been able to get behind the whe...

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Pikes Peak Helicopter Crash Blamed On Sudden Downdraft

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER — Federal investigators say a sudden downdraft caused a helicopter to crash while filming a car on an Audi test run in Colorado. The Nat...

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NTSB Probes Safety Of Airline Partnerships

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The regional airline industry says safety is its top priority, in part because accidents are bad for business. But pilot unions and...

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The Senate's "Dr. No"

Dan Becker and James Gerstenzang | Posted 05.25.2011

This blog was written by our colleague, Benjamin Kelley, a member of the board of directors of the Center for Auto Safety. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) is ...

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Feds: Fatal D.C. Train Crash Symptomatic Of 'Anemic Safety Culture'

AP | SARAH BRUMFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A faulty electronic circuit that caused a deadly Metro crash last summer was symptomatic of an "anemic safety culture" at the D.C. ...

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The French Canadian Connection to Flight 3407

Robert Davey | Posted 05.25.2011

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Recent events have put a spotlight on the manufacturer of a component in a mechanism that played a critical role in the Continental Connection Flight 3407 crash outside Buffalo last year.

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Belleville Plane Crash: NTSB Says Plane Crashed After Aborted Landing

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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BELLEVILLE, Ill. — An investigator says the fatal crash of a small plane in southwestern Illinois occurred while the pilot was trying for a seco...

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Miracle on the Hudson, Not the Only Aviation Success Story

Christine Negroni | Posted 05.25.2011

Every year there are aviation events that go unnoted because actions of pilots, flight attendants and air traffic controllers prevented something bad from becoming awful.

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Cash For Clunkers: Earn $4,500 For Your Gas Guzzler

Posted 05.25.2011

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If you trade your old vehicle for one that gets better mileage the government could provide you with federal vouchers of up to $4,500. An addition to ...

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