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Black Boxes From China Eastern Plane Crash Sent to US for Analysis
Both black boxes from a passenger plane crash in southern China last month that killed 132 people are being analyzed by U.S. experts at a government lab in Washington, D.C.
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EXPLAINER: Driver in Texas Crash Was 13; Is That Legal?
It’s not uncommon for people in rural parts of the U.S. to learn to drive when they’re young, sometimes even before they reach their teens.
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NTSB: Child Was Driving Truck That Struck Van in Texas, Killing 9
A 13-year-old was driving the pickup truck that struck a van in West Texas in a fiery collision that killed nine people, NTSB says.
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NTSB Chief to Fed Agency: Stop Using Misleading Traffic Statistics
With traffic fatalities spiking, the nation’s top safety investigator says a widely cited government statistic that 94% of serious crashes are solely due to driver error is misleading and the Transportation Department should stop using it
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Texas Plane Crash That Killed 10 Was Pilot Error, NTSB Says
A plane crash at Addison Airport that killed 10 people in June 2019 was caused by pilot error, the National Transportation Safety Board said in their final report on the crash published Tuesday.
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Single-Engine Plane Crashes Into Lake in NY's Orange County: FAA
A single-engine plane crashed into a lake in New York’s Orange County Wednesday, the FAA confirmed. The agency says only the pilot was onboard the Mooney M20 at the time of the crash, which happened near the intersection of State School Road and Kings Highway in Warwick around 12:15 p.m. Local police officials said the pilot was conscious when...
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Aggressive Takeoff Caused Hawaii Plane Crash That Killed 11
The National Transportation Safety Board has found that a pilot’s aggressive takeoff led to an aerodynamic stall, the causing the 2019 crash of a skydiving plane in Hawaii that killed all 11 people on board.
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Wreckage of TWA Flight 800 to Be Decommissioned After Years of Training Use
The partially reconstructed wreckage of the Trans World Airlines Flight 800 is set to be decommissioned after years of use for federal investigative trainings, NTSB officials announced on Monday. TWA 800 Flight exploded shortly after takeoff on July 17, 1996 from John F. Kennedy Airport, killing 230 onboard and crashing into the Atlantic Ocean. The Paris-bound jet had just left…
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Boeing: 777s With Engine That Blew Apart Should Be Grounded
Boeing has recommended that airlines ground all of 777s with the type of engine that suffered a catastrophic failure over Denver this weekend
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NTSB Discusses Probable Cause of Crash That Killed Kobe Bryant, 8 Others
Federal safety officials discuss the likely causes of the January 2020 helicopter crash that killed nine people, including Kobe Bryant.
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NTSB Says Vehicle Battery Fires Pose Risks to 1st Responders
U.S. safety investigators say electric vehicle fires pose risks to first responders, and manufacturers have inadequate guidelines to keep them safe
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NTSB Calls for New Safety Regulations After Limo Crash
After the deadly crash in 2018, the NTSB released their findings and released new safety guidelines, Pei-Sze Cheng reports.
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Feds Fault Operator, State Regulators in New York Limo Crash That Killed 20
Federal investigators examining the upstate New York limo crash that killed 20 people attending a 30th birthday in 2018 said Tuesday that state regulators repeatedly failed to properly oversee a poorly maintained vehicle with corroded brakes that hurtled down a road at more than 100 mph and slammed into an embankment.
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NTSB: Limo Owner Evaded Safety Rules Before Fatal Crash in Upstate NY
Documents released by federal investigators show the owner of the stretched limousine that crashed and killed 20 people took pains to evade safety regulations
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Roy Halladay Had Amphetamines in System During Deadly Plane Crash, NTSB Says
A federal report says Baseball Hall of Famer Roy Halladay had drugs in his system and was doing extreme acrobatics in his small plane when it crashed into Tampa Bay in 2017, killing him.
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NTSB: Tesla Autopilot, Distracted Driver Caused Fatal Crash
The National Transportation Safety Board says the driver of a Tesla SUV who died in a Silicon Valley crash two years ago was playing a video game on his smartphone while his vehicle was being controlled by a partially automated driving system.
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Report: Sign Advised Lower Speed in Deadly Turnpike Bus Crash
A preliminary report about a bus crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike that killed five people early last month says light snow was falling at the time and that the bus had just passed a sign warning to keep below 55 mph on a curve. The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday put out the three-page report that says all aspects...
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NTSB Describes Bryant Chopper Flight Path, Asks for Witnesses' Help
The National Transportation Safety Board said Monday that initial information shows “the pilot advised they were climbing to avoid a cloud layer.” When air traffic control asked what the pilot planned to do, “there was no reply.” NTSB also asked the public to send photos of weather in the area around the time of the crash to witness@ntsb.gov.
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Pilot's Perspective on Kobe Bryant Helicopter Crash
After the crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others in California, NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng and Chopper 4’s Dennis Protsko discussed the weather conditions and other factors that may have led to the crash.
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NTSB: Poor Condition of Wreckage Will Slow Plane Crash Probe
The lack of a distress call and flight data recorder coupled with mangled and charred wreckage will make finding the cause of a fiery airplane crash in Louisiana extremely challenging, federal officials said Sunday. National Transportation Safety Board Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg said at a press conference that it could take 12 to 18 months to figure out why the…