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NTSB Blames Cellphone Distraction for Mississippi River Barge Collision
Jul 23 2025 // A tow pilot’s distraction caused by personal cellphone use resulted in a collision last year with moored barges on the lower Mississippi River, the National Transportation Safety Board said last week. The towing...
NTSB Blames Delayed Response for 2023 Oil Spill off Coast of Louisiana
Jun 27 2025 // Roughly 1.1 million gallons of crude oil spilled from a pipeline into the Gulf of Mexico in November 2023 because operators failed to shut it down for nearly 13 hours after their data first hinted at a problem, the...
NC Plane Crash Came After Pilot Raised Wheel to Avoid a Turtle, NTSB Says
Jun 23 2025 // The pilot of a small plane that crashed near a North Carolina airport this month had raised a wheel after landing to avoid hitting a turtle on the runway, according to a National Transportation Safety Board preliminary...
NTSB Says a Utility Wasn’t Marked Before a Deadly Natural Gas Explosion in Missouri
May 7 2025 // A deadly explosion that leveled one Missouri home and damaged two others happened after a subcontractor drilled into an unmarked underground gas main while installing fiber optic cable, the National Transportation Safety...
NTSB Faults ‘Failure’ in Training Before Deadly Newark Cargo Ship Fire
Apr 17 2025 // The Newark fire department’s lack of training and familiarity with marine firefighting during a deadly cargo ship fire at the East Coast’s largest port in July 2023 amounted to a “failure of...
Maryland Could Have Reduced Risk of Key Bridge Collapse: NTSB
Apr 7 2025 // The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is harshly criticizing Maryland officials for failing to conduct a risk assessment of the Francis Scott Key Bridge before it collapsed a year ago and is recommending that 30...
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