October 3, 2003 | Headlines, NTSB
(The NTSB issued the following on October 2.) WASHINGTON — Transportation fatalities in the United States increased slightly in 2002, according to preliminary figures released today by the National Transportation Safety Board. Deaths from transportation...
September 2, 2003 | Headlines, NTSB
(The Associated Press distributed the following article by Blake Nicholson on September 2.) BISMARCK, N.D. — Residents of Minot affected by a train derailment and chemical spill and the attorneys who represent them say they are frustrated with the pace of a...
August 22, 2003 | Headlines, NTSB
(The following article by Don Jacobs was posted on the Knoxville News Sentinel website on August 22.) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A broken bolt lodged in a railway switch caused the derailment last year of a train in Farragut that forced the evacuation of 4,000 people in...
August 20, 2003 | Headlines, NTSB
(The NTSB issued the following news release on August 19.) WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board today issued its list of “Most Wanted” safety recommendations for 2003, adding two new issue areas focused on highway safety. The Board,...
August 6, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(The Washington Post published the following story by Don Phillips on its website on August 6.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A failure by CSX Transportation crews to properly maintain railroad tracks — which were already in substandard condition — caused the...
August 6, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on August 5.) WASHINGTON — Poor track maintenance was to blame for the fatal crash of the Amtrak Auto Train in Florida last year, federal investigators said today. The National Transportation Safety Board...
August 5, 2003 | Amtrak, Headlines, NTSB
(The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on August 5.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a report adopted today, the National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of last year’s the Amtrak Auto Train...
June 4, 2003 | Accident, Headlines, NTSB
(The NTSB issued the following news release on June 3.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a report adopted today, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that the engineer of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) coal train was distracted by a cell phone call...
May 30, 2003 | Headlines, NTSB
(The following is a press release issued by the NTSB on May 29.) WASHINGTON — National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Ellen G. Engleman will be the keynote speaker at a symposium on transportation vehicle recorders, June 4-5, 2003, in Arlington, VA. The...
May 30, 2003 | Headlines, NTSB
(The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel posted the following article by Larry Sandler on its website on May 29.) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — Federal investigators have quietly dropped their probe into why a freight train jumped its tracks, smashed into a Lomira factory and...
