Posts tagged ntsb

• Did You Know... Railroad Companies Are Fighting Safety Improvements?

  Brett Emison | January 30, 2012 8:27 AM | 3 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, some 40% of railroad accidents are caused by human error. Starting in 1990, to mitigate these human error accidents, the NTSB put a new system...

• NTSB Recommends Ban On Driver Cell Phone Use After Mo School Bus Crash

  Brett Emison | December 14, 2011 7:01 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The 5-member National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) board unanimously agreed in recommending that states ban all driver use of cell phones and other portable electronic devices, except in...

• Drive Now - Talk Later! NTSB Suggests FULL Ban on Driving and Talking

  Lindsay Rakers | December 13, 2011 9:23 PM | 2 CommentsSt. Louis, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  According to a recent study at Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, a safety-critical event is 163 times more likely if a driver is somehow accessing the internet. While the statistics for...

• Father, Daughter Killed In Ohio Small Plane Crash

  Brett Emison | April 02, 2010 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Several sources, including CBS affiliate WKRC and ABC affiliate WCPO have reported that a father and daughter were killed when their Beechcraft Bonanza small plane crashed yesterday at the Dayton...

• NTSB To Investigate Deadly Plane Crash In Roanoke, Virginia

  Brett Emison | April 01, 2010 11:53 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  CNN, The Roanoke Times, and TV station WAVY have reported that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will investigate the cause of a crash on...

• Pilot Error; Poor Training Blamed In Colgan Air Flight 3407 Crash

  Brett Emison | February 05, 2010 1:43 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  The NTSB has issued its findings about what caused Colgan Air Flight 3407 to crash a year ago outside Buffalo, New York. Several sources, including this one, have reported on the NTSB's findings,...

• Is There A Pilot On Board? Training Found Lacking At Many Regional Airlines

  Brett Emison | December 28, 2009 11:22 AM | 11 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  A Buffalo News investigation found that many pilots at smaller regional airlines are dangerously undertrained... and in some cases, untrained completely. Training for pilots varies widely,...

• Father of Four Killed in Nebraska Semi Truck Crash

  Brett Emison | December 20, 2009 10:51 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  ABC news affiliate KETV has reported that Mark Wagner, a father of four, was killed when his vehicle was crushed in a trucking accident when a tractor trailer that jackknifed on highway...