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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 […]

Baltimore bridge disaster: NTSB chair says some HAZMAT containers were breached

The ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge was carrying hazardous materials, and some hazardous materials containers were destroyed, NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said. Said on wednesday. “He was able to identify 56 containers containing hazardous materials,” Homendy said of the NTSB’s senior hazardous materials investigator. “It is flammable,” it added, “and also […]

Boeing ‘unable to find’ records, video in Alaska Airlines probe: NTSB

Surveillance footage identifying a worker on an Alaska Airlines Boeing plane that lost a door plug mid-flight has been overwritten, complicating the investigation into the near-catastrophe, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday. The Boeing 737 MAX 9 was forced to make an emergency landing on January 5 while scheduled for maintenance, […]