2003 Press Release Archive

  • December 29, 2003 - NTSB To Assist In Airliner Crash Investigation In Africa
  • December 24, 2003 - NTSB's Chairman Ellen Engleman Conners to Participate in Washington Auto Show
  • December 18, 2003 - NTSB Launches Team To Investigate FedEx Accident In Memphis
  • December 15, 2003 - (SB-03-40) NTSB Reports Lowest Number Of "Open" Recommendations Since 1975
  • December 2, 2003 - (SB-03-39) NTSB To Host Forum On Air Cargo Safety
  • December 2, 2003 - (SB-03-38) Traffic Signal Design Cited In Commuter Train - Truck Collision In California
  • November 21, 2003 - Update On NTSB Investigations Into Recent Beech 1900D Accidents And Incidents
  • November 19, 2003 - Update On NTSB Investigation Into Crash Of A Sundance Helicopter In The Grand Canyon
  • November 18, 2003 - (SB-03-37) NTSB Cites Flight Crew Failures in Crash of Airplane Carrying Senator Wellstone, 7 Others
  • November 18, 2003 - (SB-03-36) NTSB Unveils Revised Most Wanted List for DOT and Modal Administrations
  • November 14, 2003 - NTSB To Participate In Press Conference Urging States To Mandate Primary Enforcement Of Seat Belts
  • November 10, 2003 - Tenth Update On NTSB Investigation Into Crash Of American Airlines Flight 587
  • November 6, 2003 - Staten Island Ferry Captain Pleads Fifth Amendment
  • November 5, 2003 - US District Court Orders Ferry Captain To Appear Before NTSB
  • October 27, 2003 - NTSB Chairman Engleman Presents Awards To States Of Louisiana, Pennsylvania, And Tennessee For Promoting Boating Safety
  • October 24, 2003 - Statement Of NTSB Chairman Ellen G. Engleman Concerning Testimony Of Staten Island Ferry Captain
  • October 23, 2003 - Second Update On NTSB Investigation Into METRA Train Derailment
  • October 22, 2003 - Staten Island Ferry Captain Declines To Appear For Interview With NTSB Investigators
  • October 21, 2003 - Update on NTSB Investigation into Staten Island Ferry Accident
  • October 15, 2003 - NTSB Launches Team To Investigate Staten Island Ferry Accident
  • October 15, 2003 - Update On NTSB Investigation Into METRA Train Derailment
  • October 7, 2003 - (SB-03-34) NTSB Cites BNSF Crew's Inattentiveness In Metrolink, BNSF Accident In 2002
  • October 6, 2003 - (SB-03-33) NTSB Forum To Examine Standards For Driver Education
  • October 2, 2003 - (SB-03-32) Transportation Fatalities Increase In 2002
  • October 1, 2003 - NTSB Chairman To Speak At Century Council Hardcore Drunk Driver Event
  • September 30, 2003 - (SB-03-31) NTSB Chairman Ellen Engleman Applauds DaimlerChrysler's New "Road Ready Teens" Program
  • September 24, 2003 - (SB-03-30) NTSB Chairman and Staff Member Receive Public Service Awards from Coast Guard
  • September 23, 2003 - NTSB To Investigate Las Vegas Runway Collision Involving two General Aviation Airplanes
  • August 26, 2003 - NTSB To Co-Host News Conference On Child Safety In Automobiles Initiative
  • August 19, 2003 - (SB-03-29) NTSB Issues 2003 "Most Wanted" List Of Safety Improvements
  • August 5, 2003 - (SB-03-28) Maintenance Failure Cited In Crash Of DC-8 Airplane Near Sacramento
  • August 5, 2003 - (SB-03-27) NTSB Cites Improper Design And Failure Of Safety Oversight In Funicular Railway Collision In Los Angeles
  • August 5, 2003 - (SB-03-26) NTSB Determines The Crescent City, Florida Amtrak Derailment Was Caused By A Heat-Induced Track Buckle
  • August 4, 2003 - NTSB To Release Factual Information On Crash Of A Sightseeing Helicopter Near Grand Canyon
  • July 15, 2003 - (SB-03-24) NTSB Cites Drivers' Inability To Control 15-Passenger Vans Following Tire Failures, Recommends Drivers' License Endorsement, Reclassification
  • July 10, 2003 - NTSB Looks At Accidents Involving 15-Passenger Vans In Henrietta, Texas and Randleman, North Carolina
  • July 9, 2003 - Testimony Of NTSB Vice Chairman On Personal Flotation Device Usage
  • July 3, 2003 - (SB-03-23) NTSB And Illinois Make History When Governor Signs Three Most Wanted Improvements In One Day
  • June 27, 2003 - NTSB To Release Factual Information On The July 18, 2001 Howard Street Tunnel Train Derailment And Fire In Baltimore, MD
  • June 26, 2003 - Update On Union Pacific Rail Accident In Commerce, California
  • June 20, 2003 - Update On NTSB Investigation Into The Capsizing Of The Taki Tooo
  • June 16, 2003 - (SB-03-22) Vice Chairman Rosenker To Speak At The Personal Flotation Device Manufacturers Association Conference In Florida
  • June 14, 2003 - NTSB Launches Go-Team To Investigate Fatal Charter Vessel Capsizing In Oregon
  • June 13, 2003 - Update on NTSB Investigation of Fatal Highway Crash in Linden, New Jersey
  • June 9, 2003 - Update on NTSB Investigation into NORWAY Cruise Ship Boiler Explosion in Miami, Florida
  • June 9, 2003 - NTSB To Hold Press Briefing On The NORWAY Cruise Ship Explosion In Miami, Florida
  • June 3, 2003 - (SB-03-21) Train Engineer Distracted By Cell Phone Cited As Probable Cause Of Train Collision
  • June 3, 2003 - (SB-03-20) NTSB Says Novice Drivers Should Be Prohibited From Using Cell Phones While At The Wheel
  • May 29, 2003 - NTSB Chairman To Be The Keynote Speaker At Recorder Symposium
  • May 25, 2003 - NTSB Launches Team to Cruise Ship Fire in Miami, Florida
  • May 23, 2003 - NTSB Investigates Multi-Vehicle Accident in Maryland
  • May 16, 2003 - (SB-03-19) NTSB Names Directors of Two Aviation Safety Regional Offices
  • May 14, 2003 - (SB-03-18) NTSB Chairman Engleman Vows Continued Focus On Safety Results
  • May 7, 2003 - NTSB Chairman to Speak at Child Safety Event
  • May 6, 2003 - (SB-03-17) NTSB to Review Safety Advocacy Programs
  • April 29, 2003 - NTSB Meeting To Select "Most Wanted" Safety Recommendations For 2003
  • April 24, 2003 - (SB-03-16) NTSB To Convene Hearing May 20 on Air Midwest Flight 5481 Crash
  • April 24, 2003 - (SB-03-15) NTSB Chairman Ellen Engleman Says New Hours-of-Service Rules For Truckers "An Important Step"
  • April 14, 2003 - (SB-03-14) NTSB To Hold Symposium On Vehicle Recorders
  • April 4, 2003 - (SB-03-13) Mark Rosenker is new NTSB Vice Chairman
  • March 28, 2003 - (SB-03-11) Richard F. Healing Joins NTSB
  • March 24, 2003 - (SB-03-10) Mark V. Rosenker Becomes NTSB Member
  • March 24, 2003 - (SB-03-09) Ellen G. Engleman Sworn in as New Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board
  • March 21, 2003 - Departing Statement of Acting Chairman John A. Hammerschmidt
  • March 19, 2003 - Ninth Update on NTSB Investigation into Crash of American Airlines Flight 587
  • March 18, 2003 - (SB-03-08) Aviation Accident Statistics Show No Fatal Accidents for U.S. Airlines or Commuters in 2002
  • March 3, 2003 - (SB-03-07) Member Carmody to Testify Before Illinois Senate on Seat Belts, Booster Seats, Graduate Licenses
  • March 3, 2003 - (SB-03-06) NTSB to Hold Hearing on Medical Oversite of Non-Commercial Drivers
  • February 26, 2003 - (SB-03-05) NTSB Cites FMCSA Failure to Ensure Safe Operational Procedures of New Motor Carriers
  • February 19, 2003 - NTSB to Release Factual Reports on Crash of Aircraft carrying Senator Wellstone, 7 others
  • February 11, 2003 - NTSB to Release Factual Information on the April 18, 2002 Amtrak Derailment near Crescent City, Florida
  • February 11, 2003 - (SB-03-04) NTSB Determines that New Mexico Pipeline Rupture and Fire Were Caused by Internal Corrosion
  • February 1, 2003 - NTSB to Assist NASA in Investigation of the Loss of Space Shuttle "Columbia"
  • January 29, 2003 - (SB-03-03) George W. Black Resigns as Member of NTSB; Assumes Senior Highway Investigation Post
  • January 28, 2003 - Update on Crash of Air Midwest Flight 5481, Charlotte, North Carolina
  • January 27, 2003 - Update on NTSB Investigation into Midair Collision in Denver, Colorado
  • January 23, 2003 - (SB-03-02) Spatial Disorientation Cited in Crash of Airplane Carrying Oklahoma State University Athletes
  • January 17, 2003 - (SB-03-01) Statement by Member John Hammerschmidt
  • January 8, 2003 - NTSB to Release Factual Reports On July 2002 Tallahassee FedEx Crash Investigation
  • January 8, 2003 - NTSB Launches a Team to Investigate Crash of Beech 1900 Aircraft at Charlotte, North Carolina

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