December 18, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB, Technology
(Source: Opinion column by Christopher Hart in the Philadelphia Inquirer, December 18, 2015. Mr. Hart is Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board.) PHILADELPHIA — During this holiday season, millions of Americans will ride on passenger railroads to be with...
October 6, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, October 6, 2015) BOSTON — President Barack Obama has withdrawn the nomination of Boston’s former public transit head to the National Transportation Safety Board. Full story: Boston.com
July 31, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB
(Source: CBS News, July 31, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — NTSB are the initials you hear most often after a disaster on the road, rails or in the skies. Full story: CBS News
July 31, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: CBS Boston, July 30, 2015) BOSTON — President Obama has nominated Beverly Scott, the controversial former head of the MBTA to a key administrative position. The White House announced on Thursday that Scott was nominated as a member of the National...
July 24, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB, Technology
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, July 23, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of its ongoing investigation of the derailment of a crude oil unit train in Casselton, North Dakota, today the National Transportation Safety Board produced a Train...
June 10, 2015 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, June 10, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of its ongoing investigation into the May 12, 2015, derailment of Amtrak Train 188 in Philadelphia, the NTSB today provides this update on the analysis of the...
May 21, 2015 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: NBC Philadelphia, May 20, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — More than a week after an Amtrak train derailed in Philadelphia, killing eight and injuring more than 200, The National Transportation Safety Board said it’s found no signal malfunctions along the tracks....
May 21, 2015 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: NBC News, May 20, 2015) NEW YORK — Federal investigators said Wednesday they are still trying to determine whether the engineer of the Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia was using his cellphone while he was at the controls. The National Transportation...
May 20, 2015 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: CBS News, May 19, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — CBS News has learned Engineer Brandon Bostian had only been working on the Northeast Corridor for fewer than three weeks. An NTSB spokesman says “it was two weeks, give or take a few days.” On Friday, NTSB...
May 19, 2015 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: NBC News, May 19, 2015) NEW YORK — The National Transportation Safety Board said evidence does not suggest that the doomed train was struck by a bullet, but investigators haven’t ruled out that the locomotive might have been hit by another object before...
