September 30, 2009 | Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on September 29, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Transportation fatalities in the United States decreased by almost 10 percent in 2008 from 2007, according to preliminary figures released today by the National...
September 23, 2009 | Headlines, NTSB
(The following story by Lena H. Sun and James Hohmann appeared on the Washington Post website on September 23, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal investigators issued urgent safety recommendations nationwide Tuesday about the train control system at the center of the...
September 23, 2009 | Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on September 22, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today issued nine safety recommendations, six of which are urgent, to address concerns about the safety of train...
August 21, 2009 | Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on August 20, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama has designated National Transportation Safety Board Member Christopher A. Hart as the agency’s Vice Chairman. Hart was sworn in as a...
August 18, 2009 | Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on August 17, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board today removed the National Air Traffic Controllers Association as a party to its investigation into the August 8 midair...
August 13, 2009 | Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on August 12, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Christopher A. Hart was sworn in today as a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board. Member Hart joins the Board after a long career in transportation...
August 3, 2009 | Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on August 1, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board today released the site of the Ft. Totten accident back to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). The...
July 30, 2009 | Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on July 29, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board continues to make progress in its investigation of the June 22, 2009, collision of two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit...
July 23, 2009 | Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on July 22, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In its continuing investigation of the collision between two San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) light rail trains on Saturday, injuring more than 40...
July 23, 2009 | Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on July 23, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board continues to make progress in its investigation of the June 22, 2009, collision of two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit...
