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A BNSF engine is pictured in Chicago in 2022. A train operated by BNSF carrying corn syrup derailed in Arizona Wednesday.

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A train carrying corn syrup derails in Arizona

About eight train cars went off the tracks Wednesday evening in Mohave County, Ariz., near the California border. The incident follows a recent string of high-profile train derailments.

March 16, 2023
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  • Kaitlyn Radde
GPB News NPR

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NTSB head warns of risks posed by heavy electric vehicles colliding with lighter cars

Jennifer Homendy, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board, expressed concern about the safety risks that heavy electric vehicles pose if they collide with lighter vehicles.

January 11, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
An airline worker died on Saturday after being "ingested" into the engine of American Airlines Embraer aircraft, like the kind pictured here at the Dallas/Fort Worth International airport in Dallas in June 2021.

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An airline worker died after being 'ingested into the engine' of a plane, NTSB says

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an incident with the Embraer 170 aircraft which killed an American Airlines worker on Saturday in Montgomery, Ala.

January 03, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
A row of crosses form a memorial along Highway 33 as police officers survey the scene a day after a crash killed nine people south of Coalinga, Calif., on Jan. 2, 2021.

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The NTSB wants all new vehicles to check drivers for alcohol use

The safety board recommends all new vehicles be required to have systems that can stop an intoxicated person from driving. A final decision is up to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

September 20, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers look over the scene of a fatal collision in March in Andrews County, Texas. A pickup truck crossed the center line of a two-lane road and crashed into a van carrying members of the University of the Southwest men's and women's golf teams.

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NTSB now says a 13-year-old was not a driver in a Texas crash that killed 9 people

A Texas man, not his 13-year-old son, was driving the pickup truck that crossed into the oncoming lane and struck a van carrying New Mexico college golfers, killing nine people, investigators said.

July 14, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
An undated photo shows the scene where a tour helicopter crashed near the Na Pali Coast on the island of Kauai in Hawaii, in 2019.

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A Hawaii helicopter crash that killed 7 could have been prevented, investigators say

U.S. investigators blamed the 2019 crash on the pilot's decision to keep flying into worsening weather, and they accused regulators of lax oversight of air tours that are popular with tourists.

May 10, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Pilots Jerry Griffin (L) of the Birmingham Police Department and Jonathan Johnson of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office conduct a helicopter training flight using new virtual reality technology.

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New Virtual Reality Tool Aims To Reduce Aviation Crashes

The helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant highlighted an aviation problem: it's difficult for pilots to recover after entering clouds by mistake. New virtual reality technology aims to change that.

February 15, 2021
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  • Russell Lewis
Former Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, shown here in 2018, were killed in a helicopter crash last year.

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NTSB Says Pilot Had 'Spatial Disorientation' In Kobe Bryant Helicopter Crash

Also contributing to the accident, the safety board said Tuesday, was the pilot's likely "self-induced pressure" to please a high-profile client and a bias toward continuing with the established plan.

February 09, 2021
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  • Laurel Wamsley
National Transportation Safety Board member Jennifer Homendy (right) walks with other NTSB officials past a makeshift memorial for victims of the Conception boat fire in September 2019 in Santa Barbara, Calif.

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Safety Board Blames California Diving Boat's Owner For Fire That Killed 34

The fire started in the boat's salon, where divers had plugged in phones and other devices. Investigators pointed to the lack of a night watchman as a reason for high casualty numbers.

October 20, 2020
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  • Laurel Wamsley
Pilot training is some of the most rigorous of all modes of transportation. Elizabeth White (L) practices landings with instructor Megan Brown at the airport in Auburn, Ala.

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  • National

The Kobe Bryant Helicopter Crash: Aviation Wrestles With Decades-Old Problem

The helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others in January has highlighted a decades-old problem in aviation: pilots continuing flights into bad weather rather than landing.

June 23, 2020
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  • Russell Lewis

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