November 11, 2004 | Headlines, NTSB
(The NTSB circulated the following news release on November 10.) WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board said today that the government should be doing more to prevent accidents and enhance safety for the traveling public. The Board updated its...
November 5, 2004 | Headlines, NTSB
(The NTSB issued the following news release on November 3.) WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board meeting on Tuesday, November 9, 2004 at 9:30 a.m. in its Board Room and Conference Center 429 L’Enfant Plaza, SW...
October 19, 2004 | Headlines, NTSB
(The NTSB issued the following news release on October 18.) ASHBURN, Va. — Today the National Transportation Safety Board officially dedicated its training academy in Ashburn, Virginia to the victims of transportation accidents and their families. NTSB Chairman...
September 15, 2004 | Headlines, NTSB
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on September 15.) WASHINGTON — States should install stop signs at unmarked rail crossings and improve the qualifications of school bus drivers to reduce a threat that many pupils face while riding buses,...
September 3, 2004 | Headlines, NTSB
(The NTSB issued the following news release on September 3.) WASHINGTON — Transportation fatalities in the United States decreased in 2003. Preliminary figures released today by the National Transportation Safety Board indicate that 44,888 overall transportation...
August 20, 2004 | Headlines, NTSB
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Leslie Miller on August 20.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — An accident in Tennessee four years ago that killed three children and injured three others prompted the federal government to urge states to give high...
July 19, 2004 | Headlines, NTSB
(The NTSB issued the following news release on July 16.) WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board today released the following information on its investigation of the June 28, 2004 collision of UP and BNSF trains and subsequent chlorine release at...
June 22, 2004 | Headlines, NTSB
(The NTSB issued the following news release on June 21.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Deborah Hersman was sworn in today as a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board. Before joining the Board, Member Hersman was a senior professional staff member of the U.S....
April 12, 2004 | Headlines, Legislation, NTSB
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 11.) MINOT, N.D. — Recommendations from a federal study on the deadly 2002 train derailment near Minot are being incorporated into a railroad bill in the US Senate. The National Transportation...
April 8, 2004 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Lynda Edwards on April 7.) FLORA, Miss. — Investigators examined twisted track and overturned passenger cars Wednesday to figure out why an Amtrak train derailed over a swamp, killing one person and...
