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NTSB Preliminary Report on Train Derailment ‘This Was 100 Percent Preventable'
Federal investigators have released their preliminary report on the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
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NTSB's Preliminary Report Says Ohio Train Axle Overheated Just Before Derailment
Preliminary findings from the National Transportation Safety Board show that one of the train’s wheel bearing recorded a temperature of 253 degrees Fahrenheit above ambient
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NTSB: MBTA Operator Involved in Boston Crash Says He Blacked Out
The operator of a light rail train that struck the rear of another train in Boston in the summer of 2021, sending 24 passengers and three workers to the hospital, told investigators that he blacked out and may have fallen asleep, according to a federal report. The National Transportation Safety Board’s report issued last month determined that the probable cause…
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Before NH Crash ‘Destroyed' Plane, Witnesses Heard Strange Sounds: NTSB Report
The engine of the small plane that crashed into a residential building in Keene, New Hampshire, last month was making abnormal sounds during its takeoff and short flight, witnesses told federal investigators. The crash killed the two men on board, Lawrence Marchiony of Massachusetts and Marvin David Dezendorf of Vermont, on the night of Oct. 21. The plane, a Beech…
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Investigation Into Deadly Plane Crash Continues
The Keene Police Department identified the two men killed as Lawrence Marchiony, a 41-year-old from Baldwinville, Massachusetts, and Marvin David Dezendorf, a 60-year-old from Townshend, Vermont.
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NTSB Recommends Inspections After Sinking of Emmy Rose Fishing Boat
A fishing vessel that sank in New England, resulting in the loss of all four fishermen, likely capsized because of poor drainage of seawater from the rear deck and hatches that weren’t watertight, investigators said. The National Transportation Safety Board called Tuesday for stepped up inspections and renewed its call for personal locator beacons for each crew member. The...
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Copilot Who Jumped From Plane Was ‘Visibly Upset' Before Exiting Without Parachute, NTSB Says
Federal investigators say a man who jumped to his death from a small airplane in North Carolina appeared to be upset over damaging the landing gear during a failed runaway approach and told the pilot he needed air.
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NTSB: Father, Not 13-Year-Old Boy, Was Driver in Deadly Crash That Killed Golf Team
An NTSB report released Thursday shows that it was not the 13-year-old male, but his 38-year-old father who was driving the truck on March 15 that crashed head-on into a van, killing nine people.
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Family Demands Answers After Man's Tragic Death on Red Line
The MBTA is not releasing the operator’s name but say he was hired in 2018. HE remains on leave as the investigation continues.
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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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Plane Crashes Attempting to Land in NH, Killing Pilot
Fire crews worked to put out a fire caused by the crash