The Washington Times

Topic - U.S. National Transportation Safety Board

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation. In this role, the NTSB investigates and reports on aviation accidents and incidents, certain types of highway crashes, ship and marine accidents, pipeline incidents and railroad accidents. When requested, the NTSB will assist the military with accident investigation. The NTSB is also in charge of investigating cases of hazardous waste releases that occur during transportation. Deborah Hersman was appointed as NTSB Chairman in July 2009. Mark Rosenker was appointed as Vice Chairman in 2003, and served as Acting Chairman from March 2005 to January 2009. The agency is based in Washington, D.C. - Source: Wikipedia

Subscribe to this topic via RSS or ATOM
Related Stories
  • Mexico tests DNA from Jenni Rivera plane crash

    Mexican authorities were performing DNA tests Tuesday on remains believed to belong to Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera and six other people killed when her plane went down in northern Mexico.

  • NTSB: singer Rivera died in Mexico plane crash

    The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is confirming that famed Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera died in a plane crash in northern Mexico.

  • Rescue workers search for bodies at the site of a plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria, on Monday, June 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

    Sniffer dogs hunt for dead after Nigeria plane crash

    Police dogs sniffed for dead bodies Monday in the rubble of buildings destroyed when an airliner crashed into them, killing all 153 aboard, as cranes lifted away heavy pieces of debris in the grisly aftermath of Nigeria's worst air disaster in nearly two decades.

  • Smoke rises from the site of the crash of a UPS cargo plane in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

    'Black boxes' in Dubai UPS crash reveal visibility problems

    Emirati investigators said Tuesday that flight recorder data indicates pilots on a UPS cargo plane that crashed in Dubai faced visibility and communication problems as the cockpit filled with smoke from an onboard fire.

More Stories →

Happening Now