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NTSB sanctions Boeing for releasing details of 737 Max investigation

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Thursday sanctioned Boeing for disclosing nonpublic details in its investigation into a 737 MAX 9 door plug that blew off during an Alaska Airlines flight in January. According to the NTSB, an independent agency that investigates transportation accidents, unnamed Boeing executives at a press conference on Tuesday discussed […]

NTSB confirms it was ‘unnecessary’ to create a toxic ‘mushroom cloud’ over East Palestine

On the evening of February 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern Railroad freight train carrying 141 loaded cars, 9 empty cars, and 3 locomotives was passing through Ohio when disaster struck. Thirty-eight train cars, including eleven carriages loaded with hazardous materials such as vinyl chloride, benzene residue, hydrogen chloride, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylhexyl acrylate and […]

NTSB releases preliminary report on Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse

The Singapore-flagged cargo ship sank in late March after a crew error caused a power outage the day before it crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, according to a preliminary report from federal investigators. A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report says the Dali’s crew accidentally disabled the ship’s equipment during port maintenance while […]

NTSB to investigate freight train derailment on Arizona-New Mexico border

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), along with other federal authorities, is investigating Friday’s freight train derailment on the Arizona-New Mexico border. The BNSF freight train was carrying gasoline and odorless propane when it derailed near Manuelito, New Mexico, the NTSB said. The derailed train caught fire, black smoke billowed from the cars, and a […]

Ford’s Blue Cruise self-driving tech used during fatal crash: NTSB

The driver of a Ford electric SUV involved in a fatal crash earlier this year was using the company’s self-driving technology at the time of the crash, federal investigators concluded Thursday. National Transportation Safety Board stated in the preliminary report It has been revealed that the Ford Mustang Mach-E that was involved in a fatal […]

NTSB chair: Hazmat containers breached during bridge collapse 

The cargo ship that crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge was carrying dozens of hazardous materials containers, some of which were damaged during the collapse, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said. It was announced on Wednesday. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said Wednesday that the agency had obtained the manifest of the ship, named […]