A flight instructor and her student were practicing emergency procedures before they declared a real emergency and the plane crashed, killing the instructor and seriously injuring the student, officials said. The pilot was practicing shutting down one engine in the multi-engine plane, according to a Friday report from the National Transportation Safety Board about the […]
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NTSB analyzes ship’s onboard data for clues to collision that caused collapse of Key Bridge
BALTIMORE — Data capturing the moments before the container ship Dali struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge has been secured by the National Transportation Safety Board and is being analyzed by the federal agency’s lab, officials confirmed Wednesday. Large ships are required by international regulations to carry voyage data recorders that, similar to the “black […]
NTSB recovers ship’s ‘black box,’ 6 presumed dead after Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses in Baltimore: Here’s what we know
Authorities are working to recover the remains of six people on Wednesday who are missing and are presumed dead after a cargo ship lost power and crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday, causing it to collapse into the Patapsco River. Eight workers were on the bridge fixing potholes at the time of […]
NTSB, FAA will investigate Rochester balloon crash to find cause
Mar. 22—ROCHESTER — Federal investigators will produce a report on a balloon crash in Rochester this week that, miraculously, the pilot and two passengers walked away from with only minor injuries. The crash happened at around 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, 2024. A video from a traffic camera shows the balloon descending as it crossed […]
NTSB releases almost 2,000 pages on investigation into deadly 2022 Dallas airshow crash
The National Transportation Safety Board has released a nearly 2,000-page public docket with new information about the mid-air collision at an air show in Dallas in 2022 that killed six people. The crash happened on Nov. 12, 2022, when a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63F Kingcobra, a fighter plane, both from the […]
Former NTSB investigator introduces new theory about missing plane
A new theory based on the pilot’s intent would mean the bulk of the wreckage from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is almost 3,500 miles north of the search’s focus, a former National Transportation Safety Board investigator told Fox News Digital. Alan Diehl, who has over 30 years of experience investigating plane crashes, believes the missing […]
NTSB investigating ‘stuck’ rudder pedal issue on Boeing 737 MAX 8 flight
Regulators are once again putting the spotlight on Boeing’s 737 Max 8. A new preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board revealed that a United Airlines flight from Nassau, Bahamas, to Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey experienced “stuck” rudder pedals on its landing roll on Feb. 6. According to the report, the […]
Boeing discloses names of 737 MAX employees after NTSB chair faults cooperation
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Boeing on Wednesday provided U.S. regulators with the names of employees on its 737 MAX door team after lawmakers and a federal safety official sharply criticized the planemaker’s failure to do so at a Senate hearing. National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy had said earlier on Wednesday that Boeing […]
After Ohio train derailment, tank cars didn’t need to be blown open to release chemical, NTSB says
The decision to blow open five tank cars and burn the toxic chemical inside them after a freight train derailed in Eastern Ohio last year wasn’t justified, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board told Congress Wednesday. But she said the key decision makers who feared those tank cars were going to explode three […]
NTSB releases preliminary report after deadly helicopter crash near Nevada-California border
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials released a preliminary report on a helicopter crash near the Nevada-California border that left six people dead. It occurred on Feb. 9, shortly after 10 p.m., near Halloran Springs, California. Nigeria mourns as authorities investigate helicopter crash that killed a major bank CEO The crash […]
NTSB investigators transport jet to secure facility, study ‘black box’
The National Transportation Safety Board said Sunday it plans to move the jet that crashed in Naples on Friday to an undisclosed, secure facility for further study. Separately, the black box, also known as the flight data recorder, and cockpit voice recorder will head to agency headquarters in Washington, D.C., this evening. More: At least […]
What the NTSB investigators are likely doing today at the scene
As the investigation for Friday’s fiery and deadly plane crash on Interstate 75 near Naples continues today, people around Southwest Florida may be wondering what is happening at the crash site at mile marker 106.8 just north of exit 105 (Golden Gate Parkway). The I-75 southbound lanes near the crash site remained closed on Sunday […]