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NTSB Chief Mark V. Rosenker announces departure from Board

(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...

Member Kathryn O’Leary Higgins to leave 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...

NTSB investigating light rail accident in San Francisco

(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....

NTSB releases information on monorail collision at Disney

(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...

NTSB delivers 2008 annual report to Congress

(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...

D.C. Metro mourners pay tribute to victims of crash

(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...