PRESS RELEASES
for 2001
Note: Safety
Recommendations and Abstracts are issued separately.
The following NTSB Press Releases and Advisories were issued by the Office
of Government, Public, and Family Affairs for the year
2001:
- December 20, 2001 - Investigation Update:
Crash of Penair Flight 350, Dillingham, Alaska
- December 18, 2001 - Third update on the NTSB
investigation into crash of American Airlines Flight 587
- December 11, 2001 - (SB 01-33) NTSB releases
final report of fatal grade crossing accident in Conasauga, Tennessee
- December 11, 2001 - (SB 01-32) NTSB determines
cause of two transit rail accidents at BWI airport
- December 6, 2001 - NTSB to hold public meeting
December 11
- November 29, 2001 - Second update on NTSB
investigation into crash of American Airlines flight 587
- November 27, 2001 - (SB 01-31) NTSB urges
Federal Railroad Administration to evaluate safety of lone engineer operations
- November 27, 2001 - (SB 01-30) NTSB recommends
training, operating guidelines following Glendale, California grade crossing
accident
- November 20, 2001 - Update on NTSB investigation
into crash of American Airlines Flight 587
- November 16, 2001 - NTSB releases pool video
of wreckage in hanger
- November 15, 2001 - NTSB has posted pictures
from American Airlines Flight 587 accident on web page
- November 15, 2001 - NTSB announces press
briefing
- November 14, 2001 - NTSB announces press
briefing
- November 14, 2001 - Press pool at New York
crash site
- November 5, 2001 - (SB 01-29) NTSB and FDA
to Hold Joint Meeting to Examine Effects of Medication on Vehicle Operators
- October 25, 2001 - (SB01-28) NTSB Chairman
Marion Blakey to participate with NAACP in minority child-safety seat initiative
- October 23, 2001 - (SB01-27) Attempted landing
in bad weather, failure to deploy spoilers cited as causes of MD-82 crash
in Little Rock
- October 15, 2001 - NTSB meeting: Final report
on the American Airlines MD-82 accident at Little Rock airport
- October 10, 2001 - NTSB to open Docket of
October 16, 2000 crash of Cessna 335 in Hillsboro, Missouri
- October 9, 2001 - NTSB to open Docket of
March 29 airplane crash in Aspen, Colorado
- September 26, 2001 - (SB01-26) Marion C.
Blakey sworn in as Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board
- September 24, 2001 - (SB01-25) NTSB Member
John Goglia receives honors for safety efforts
- September 19, 2001 - (SB01-24) John A. Hammerschmidt
reconfirmed as NTSB Board Member by the Senate
- September 18, 2001 - (SB01-23) NTSB issues
probable cause of fire aboard Alaska passenger ferry Columbia
- September 18, 2001 - (SB01-22) NTSB determines
failure to remove jumper wire led to fatal grade casuing accident in Illinois
- September 14, 2001 - NTSB To Hold Public
Meeting September 18: Railroad Accident of September 26, 1999 near McLean,
Illinois, and Marine accident of June 6, 2000 near Juneau, Alaska
- September 13, 2001 - NTSB providing technical
assistance to FBI investigation
- September 6, 2001 - (SB01-21) Slight Increase
Registered in U.S. Transportation Fatalities in 2000
- August 30, 2001 -(SB01-20) NTSB Chairman
recognizes industry campaign for improvements in child passenger safety
- August 28, 2001 - (SB01-19) NTSB calls for
Improved Federal Medical Oversight of Commercial Drivers
- August 27, 2001 - NTSB assisting government
of the Bahamas in investigation of the crash of Cessna 402
- August 24, 2001 - (SB01-18) NTSB Chairman
calls for personal watercraft (PWC) safety improvements, cites boating manufacturer
for safety innovations
- August 22, 2001 - NTSB To Hold Public Meeting
August 28: Final report on motorcoach crash near New Orleans, LA May 9, 1999
- August 21, 2001 - NTSB to release factual
reports on Emery DC-8 aircraft accident
- August 17, 2001 - Statement by National
Transportation Safety Board Acting Chairman Carol Carmody on runway incursions
- August 17, 2001 - NTSB To Wrap Up On-Scene
Portion of Grand Canyon Investigation Today
- August 13, 2001 - NTSB's August 22-23 Hearing
Postponed
- August 8, 2001 - Statement of NTSB Acting
Chairman Carol Carmody on ARAC Report on Airliner Fuel Tank Flammability
- August 7, 2001 - Investigation into the derailment
of CSX Train L41216 in Howard Street tunnel, Baltimore, Maryland
- August 3, 2001 - NTSB to release factual
reports on the OSU aircraft accident
- July 30, 2001 - (SB01-17) NTSB to hold Public
Hearing, August 22-23, on Emery Worldwide DC-8 cargo crash
- July 24, 2001 - (SB01-16) NTSB Issues "Probable
Cause" in Texas Amtrak Accident
- July 24, 2001 - (SB01-15) NTSB Determines
Breakdown in Firefighting Command Contributed to the Extent of Fire on Board
Passenger Ship Nieuw Amsterdam
- July 24, 2001 - NTSB to hold 5:00 P.M. press
conference on Howard Street tunnel accident
- July 19, 2001 - NTSB to hold Public Meeting
July 24: Nieuw Amsterdam passenger vessel fire and Amtrak derailment
in Arlington, TX
- July 16, 2001 - Pool video and still photography
available - TWA flight 800 reconstruction
- July 6, 2001 - NTSB to open up docket of
Southwest Airlines flight 1455 runway overrun in Burbank, California
- June 20, 2001 - (SB01-14) NTSB web site now
gives notice of upcoming general aviation final accident reports
- June 12, 2001 - (SB01-13) NTSB recommends
rules requiring adequate separation between gas and electric lines following
Virginia explosion
- June 5, 2001 - (SB01-12) NTSB adopts revised
final report on the 1991 crash of United Airlines Flight 585 in Colorado Springs,
CO.; calls rudder reversal most likely cause
- May 31, 2001 - NTSB reviews fatal Northern
Virginia natural gas explosion
- May 16, 2001 - NTSB opens Public Docket on
Executive Airlines accident investigation
- May 15, 2001 - (SB01-11) NTSB issues most
wanted list for 2001, adds video recorders, booster seats
- May 10, 2001 - NTSB Board meeting on May
15: Reviews most wanted safety recommendations, updates for 2001
- May 1, 2001 - (SB01-10) NTSB recommends collision
warning systems for new commercial vehicles.
- May 1, 2001 - (SB01-09) Unauthorized welding
in laundry room led to fire on cruise ship Ecstasy, Safety Board finds
- April 26, 2001 - NTSB Board meeting on May
1: cruise ship fire, highway anti-collision technology, and positive train
separation.
- April 20, 2001 - Investigation Update: Crash
of Emery Worldwide Airlines flight 17, Rancho Cordova, CA.
- April 19, 2001 - NTSB provides draft EgyptAir
report to Egyptian government
- April 11, 2001 - Information on Thai Airways
International Boeing 737 Explosion
- April 6, 2001 - NTSB releases update on investigation
of charter jet crash in Aspen, Colorado
- April 3, 2001 - (SB01-08) NTSB finds that
train crew failed to comply with signal, leading to 3-train collision in Ohio
that killed 2
- March 30, 2001 - NTSB to hold press briefing
on the Gulfstream crash in Aspen, Colorado
- March 30, 2001 - Photo Opportunity: Arrival
of voice recorder from Aspen, Colorado charter jet crash
- March 30, 2001 - NTSB launches team to investigate
crash of charter jet near Aspen, Colorado
- March 29, 2001 - NTSB Board meeting on April
3 to consider final report on 3-train collision in Bryan, Ohio, that killed
2 crewmen
- March 28, 2001 - NTSB investigating control
problem of Boeing 767 on approach to Paris
- March 26, 2001 - NTSB issues factual information
on Embraer-120 upset event near Florida
- March 21, 2001 - NTSB opens Public Docket
on the U.S.S. Greeneville and Ehime Maru accident investigation
- March 16, 2001 - (SB01-07) U.S. Civil Aviation
Statistics for Year 2000 Show Decrease in Accidents but Increase in Fatalities
- March 14, 2001 - Update on investigation
of United Airlines Flight 42 dual engine rollback
- March 2, 2001 - USS Greeneville/Ehime Maru
Collision Update
- February 21, 2001 - (SB01-06) NTSB releases
statistics on aircraft accident survivability
- February 21, 2001 - (SB01-04) NTSB determines
lack of safe procedures as cause of February 18, 1999 rupture of railroad
tank car near Clymers, Indiana
- February 8, 2001 - (SB01-03) NTSB Chairman
supports the National Safe Kids Campaign's program to rate states on the quality
of child passenger safety laws.
- January 31, 2001 - Update on NTSB investigation
of October 16 crash of Cessna 335 carrying Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan,
and two others.
- January 29, 2001 - Media pool for site visit
to hangar housing wreckage from Alaska Airlines Flight 261.
- January 25, 2001 - (SB-01-02) Clark named
NTSB Aviation Safety Director.
- January 19, 2001 - (SB-01-01) Carol Carmody
Named as Vice Chairman of NTSB.
- January 16, 2001 - Groundbreaking ceremony
for NTSB Academy in Loudoun County, Virginia.
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