July 22, 2009 | Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on July 21, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — After leading the National Transportation Safety Board for four and a half years, Mark V. Rosenker has announced that he will resign his position as Acting Chairman...
July 21, 2009 | Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on July 20, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — National Transportation Safety Board Member Kathryn (Kitty) O’Leary Higgins today submitted to President Obama her resignation from the Board, effective August 3. In...
July 20, 2009 | Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on July 19, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board has begun an investigation into yesterday’s transit system accident in San Francisco that injured more than 40 people....
July 15, 2009 | Accident, Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on July 14, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — National Transportation Safety Board Member Debbie Hersman today, testifying before Congress, described a multi-faceted National Transportation Safety Board...
July 15, 2009 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on July 14, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board today determined that the two-train collision on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line last year...
July 14, 2009 | Headlines, NTSB
(The following story by Michael Tomberlin appeared on the Birmingham News website on July 14, 2009.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — McCalla residents remain determined to halt a $112 million cargo-loading rail project in the southwest Jefferson County community, despite Norfolk...
July 14, 2009 | Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on July 13, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board today issued an urgent safety recommendation to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) calling for...
July 9, 2009 | Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on July 8, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board has developed the following factual information from its investigation of the collision of two trains on the monorail system at...
July 2, 2009 | Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following on July 1, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board today released its annual report to Congress, providing a summary of accident investigations and safety recommendations in the...
July 2, 2009 | Headlines, NTSB
(The following story by Timothy Wilson appeared on the Washington Post website on July 2, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hundreds of mourners gathered at memorial services during the past week to pay homage to the victims and first responders of Metro’s Red Line...