Press Releases

2012 Press Releases

• September 14, 2012 - NTSB issues urgent recommendations for GEnx-1B and -2B engines
• September 14, 2012 - Chief Technical Advisor Jim Cash Awarded Sammie
• September 5, 2012 - NTSB Recommends System for Large Airplanes to Prevent Collisions While Taxiing
• August 27, 2012 - Deteriorated Parts Allowed Flutter Which Led to Fatal Crash at 2011 Reno Air Races
• August 24, 2012 - Investigative Update: CSX Derailment, Ellicott City, Md
• August 23, 2012 - NTSB to Meet on 2011 Reno Air Race Accident
• August 21, 2012 - NTSB to brief media on the investigation of a coal train derailment in Ellicott City
• August 21, 2012 - NTSB Opens Docket on Reno Air Race Crash
• August 21, 2012 - NTSB Sends Team to Railroad Derailment in Maryland
• August 17, 2012 - NTSB investigating deadly parasailing accident in Florida
• August 17, 2012 - NTSB Chairman to give keynote at 2012 Annual ISASI Conference
• August 8, 2012 - NTSB provides factual update on Boeing 787 engine failure in South Carolina
• July 31, 2012 - Fatigued driver, an unsafe operator and ineffective oversight caused deadly Virginia motorcoach crash
• July 31, 2012 - NTSB investigating Boeing 787 engine failure
• July 30, 2012 - NTSB Welcomes New Administrative Law Judge
• July 24, 2012 - NTSB to Meet on 2011 Motorcoach Crash that Killed Four on I-95
• July 20, 2012 - NTSB to Participate in Aviation Event in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
• July 18, 2012 - NTSB to Offer Training on Emergency Communications Involved in Major Aircraft Accidents and Incidents.
• July 11, 2012 - NTSB To Hold Media Briefing on the Investigation of A Freight Train Derailment in Columbus.
• July 11, 2012 - Final Agenda for NTSB's General Aviation Search and Rescue Forum Announced.
• July 11, 2012 - NTSB Launches to Train Derailment in Ohio
• July 10, 2012 - Pipeline Rupture and Oil Spill Accident Caused by Organizational Failures and Weak Regulations
• July 3, 2012 - NTSB to Meet on Pipeline Rupture and Oil Spill Accident
• June 25, 2012 - NTSB To Hold Second Media Briefing on the Investigation of Two Freight Trains that Collided In Oklahoma
• June 25, 2012 - NTSB to Conduct Comprehensive Review of Regulations
• June 25, 2012 - NTSB To Hold Media Briefing on the Investigation of Two Freight Trains that Collided In Oklahoma
• June 24, 2012 - NTSB Launches to Accident Involving Two Freight Trains in Oklahoma
• June 21, 2012 - NTSB Announces Forum to Improve General Aviation Search and Rescue
• June 20, 2012 - NTSB Issues Safety Alert to Pilots on Limitations of In-Cockpit Weather Radar Displays
• June 15, 2012 - NTSB Opens Docket on Tour Helicopter Crash in Nevada
• June 13, 2012 - Final Agenda for NTSB's General Aviation Safety Forum Announced
• June 13, 2012 - Alfonso Montano Appointed Chief Administrative Law Judge
• June 8, 2012 - NTSB Opens Public Docket on Investigation into Doswell, VA Motorcoach Accident
• June 6, 2012 - NTSB Assists Government of Nigeria in Aviation Accident
• June 5, 2012 - Mechanical defects and a breakdown in monitoring procedures caused wintertime 757 runway excursion in Wyoming, NTSB says
• June 5, 2012 - Animation Simulations of New York City Motorcoach Crash Available in Broadcast Quality
• June 5, 2012 - Human Fatigue and Speed Cited by NTSB as Probable Cause of Motorcoach Crash that Killed 15 in New York City
• June 1, 2012 - Inadequate safeguards for roadway workers was cause of deadly 2010 Metro accident near Rockville station
• June 1, 2012 - NTSB Opens Docket on Investigation Into The Collision Between Two Vessels in Texas
• June 1, 2012 - NTSB to Meet on Motorcoach Crash and Aircraft Incident
• May 29, 2012 - NTSB Delegates Investigation of Virginia Accident to Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• May 24, 2012 - John DeLisi named new head of NTSB Office of Aviation Safety
• May 23, 2012 - Cognitive Interviewing and Aviation Accident Investigation Courses Offered at NTSB Training Center
• May 22, 2012 - NTSB Study Finds More Than 10 Percent of Accidents Occurred on First Flight of Experimental Amateur-Built Aircraft; Improved Training and Better Documentation Recommended
• May 21, 2012 - NTSB Adding Documents to Public Docket on Pipeline Rupture and Spill Accident in Marshall, Michigan
• May 17, 2012 - NTSB to Present Findings of Safety Study on Experimental Amateur-Built Aircraft
• May 17, 2012 - NTSB Adding Documents to Public Docket for New York City Motorcoach Crash Investigation
• May 9, 2012 - Video and Final Agenda for NTSB'S Substance-Impaired Driving Forum Released Today
• May 7, 2012 - NTSB Announces General Aviation Safety Forum
• April 30, 2012 - NTSB Announces Kick Off Event to National Youth Traffic Safety Month
• April 27, 2012 - Annual Aviation Statistics For 2011 Released
• April 24, 2012 - Fatigued Railroad Workers Led to Cause of 2011 Train Collision in Iowa, says NTSB
• April 24, 2012 - Andrew J. Barberi Lacked Warning Alarm Indicating Propulsion Loss in 2010 Accident
• April 17, 2012 - NTSB to Hold Board Meeting on Marine and Rail Accidents
• April 12, 2012 - NTSB announces preliminary agenda for substance-impaired driving forum
• April 10, 2012 - NTSB Provides Investigative Update and Issues Recommendations to Increase Safety at Air Races
• April 5, 2012 - NTSB to Issue Safety Recommendations on Air Races and Provide Investigative Update on 2011 Crash at the Reno Air Races
• April 3, 2012 - NTSB to Hold its First-Ever Forum on Measures to Eliminate Substance-Impaired Driving
• March 23, 2012 - News Media Arrangements for Attentive Driving Forum
• March 19, 2012 - NTSB Releases Video and Final Agenda for March 27 Attentive Driving Forum
• March 9, 2012 - NTSB Announces June Board Meeting on Motorcoach Crash that Killed 15 in New York City
• March 5, 2012 - NTSB Chairman Offers Support for National Sleep Awareness Week
• March 2, 2012 - Leading Safety Experts to participate in NTSB Attentive Driving Forum
• February 21, 2012 - NTSB Announces Attentive Driving Forum
• February 14, 2012 - Track Washout Caused 2009 Train Derailment in Illinois
• February 10, 2012 - NTSB Vice Chairman testifies on nationwide ban on driver cell-phone use
• February 10, 2012 - NTSB Board to meet on 2009 Train Derailment in Illinois
• February 9, 2012 - NTSB Issues NPRM To Revise Rules On Enforcement Appeals
• February 3, 2012 - NTSB to hold media briefing on Boise, ID airplane accident
• January 23, 2012 - NTSB Completes Data Collection For Study On Experimental - Amateur Built Aircraft Accidents
• January 18, 2012 - NTSB Cites Air Traffic Control Error As Probable Cause Of Near Mid-Air Collision Over Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport
• January 12, 2012 - Five Freight Train Rear-End Collisions In 2011 Prompt NTSB Safety Recommendations To Federal Railroad Administration, Industry, Labor Unions
• January 6, 2012 - NTSB sending team to investigate rail accident in northwest Indiana
• January 5, 2012 - Final agenda announced for NTSB's Air Race and Air Show Safety Hearing