2008 Press Release Archive

  • December 21, 2008 - NTSB Sends Go Team To Denver To Investigate 737 Takeoff Accident
  • December 19, 2008 - (SB-08-59) NTSB Expresses Concern As Air Carriers Suspend Proactive Safety Programs
  • December 18, 2008 - (SB-08-58) NTSB Issues Safety Alert On Operating Aircraft In Icing Conditions
  • December 18, 2008 - NTSB Investigating Loss Of Engine Power On Delta Air Lines Boeing 777
  • December 12, 2008 - (SB-08-57) NTSB Acting Chairman Discusses Board's Investigation Of I-35W Bridge Collapse At National Conference Of State Legislatures
  • December 10, 2008 - (SB-08-56) NTSB Acting Chairman Urges Vigilance In Preventing Excavation Related Pipeline Accidents
  • November 28, 2008 - NTSB Sends Teams To France To Assist With Airbus Aircraft Accident Investigation
  • November 26, 2008 - NTSB Chief Urges Thanksgiving Travelers To Take Their Time, Arrive Safely And Enjoy The Holiday
  • November 25, 2008 - (SB-08-55) NTSB Calls On States To Continue Adopting Most Wanted Items Aimed At Improving Highway and Boating Safety
  • November 20, 2008 - NTSB Acting Chairman Addresses Motorcycle Safety At Symposium
  • November 19, 2008 - (SB-08-54) NTSB Acting Chairman Emphasizes Need For Safety Focus In Intelligent Transportation Systems Research And Product Development
  • November 19, 2008 - NTSB Issues Update On Near Collision On Allentown Runway
  • November 14, 2008 - (SB-08-53) NTSB Determines Inadequate Load Capacity Due To Design Errors Of Gusset Plates Caused I-35W Bridge Collapse
  • November 10, 2008 - (SB-08-52) NTSB To Hold 4-Day Public Hearing On EMS Operations
  • November 7, 2007 - (SB-08-51) NTSB Acting Chairman Addresses The Issue Of Underage Drinking And Driving
  • November 5, 2008 - NTSB Sends Team To Mexico To Assist With Learjet Aircraft Accident Investigation
  • October 30, 2008 - (SB-08-50) NTSB Determines High-Risk Maneuver Caused 2007 Baton Rouge Marine Accident
  • October 28, 2008 - (SB-08-49) NTSB Adds Restricted Cell Phone Use, EMS Safety To 2009 Mosted Wanted List Of Safety Improvements; Positive Train Control Removed After 18 years On The List
  • October 22, 2008 - NTSB Issues Update On Business Jet Accident In South Carolina
  • October 21, 2008 - (SB-08-48) NTSB Acting Chairman Cites Three Safety Areas To Reduce Accidents In Business Aviation
  • October 21, 2008 - (SB-08-47) NTSB Acting Chairman Recognizes National Teen Driver Safety Week
  • October 17, 2008 - (SB-08-46) NTSB Praises Flight Recorder Enhancements; Notes Some Shortcomings In New FAA Rule
  • October 16, 2008 - (SB-08-45) NTSB Acting Chairman Rosenker Praises Rail Safety Act Signed Today By President
  • October 16, 2008 - (SB-08-44) NTSB Issues Urgent Recommendation Regarding Pratt & Whitney 2037 Engines Inspections
  • October 16, 2008 - (SB-08-43) Transportation Fatalities Drop In 2007; Motorcycle Deaths Continue To Increase
  • October 16, 2008 - (SB-08-42) NTSB Acting Chairman Addresses The Issue Of Driver Distractions
  • October 7, 2008 - (SB-08-41) NTSB Acting Chairman Calls On Rail Industry To Employ New Technologies To Improve Safety
  • October 2, 2008 - NTSB Investigating Crash In California Believed To Be Steve Fossett's Aircraft
  • October 1, 2008 - Update On NTSB Public Hearing On Victoria, Texas Motorcoach Accident
  • October 1, 2008 - Update: NTSB's Investigation Of The Metrolink, Union Pacific Accident In California
  • September 28, 2008 - NTSB Investigating EMS Helicopter Crash In Maryland
  • September 22, 2008 - NTSB Investigating Runway Incursion In Allentown, PA
  • September 20, 2008 - NTSB Launches Team to Investigate Business Jet Crash In South Carolina
  • September 18, 2008 - (SB-08-40) NTSB Acting Chairman Tells Congress That More Needs To Be Done On Motorcoach Safety
  • September 17, 2008 - Update On NTSB Investigation Into Train Collision In Chatsworth, California
  • September 16, 2008 - (SB-08-39) NTSB Calls For Actions To Help Prevent Fatigue Accidents Following A Semitrailer-Motorcoach Accident That Killed Five
  • September 16, 2008 - (SB-08-38) Safety Board Recommends Improved Aircraft Maintenance And Pilot Training For Parachute Jump Operations
  • September 14, 2008 - NTSB Assists Government Of Russia In Aviation Accident
  • September 12, 2008 - NTSB Sending Team To Investigate Train Accident In California
  • September 4, 2008 - NTSB Acting Chairman Emphasizes International Cooperation In British Boeing 777 Recommendations
  • August 29, 2008 - NTSB Investigating Runway Incursion And Aircraft Separation Incidents
  • August 29, 2008 - Procedural Update On NTSB Investigation Into The Collapse Of I-35W Bridge In Minneapolis
  • August 28, 2008 - (SB-08-36) NTSB Acting Chairman Says Repealing Age 21 Laws Can Increase Teen Highway Deaths
  • August 26, 2008 - (SB-08-35) Acting NTSB Chairman Calls For Travellers To Take Simple Measures To Enhance Safety Over Holiday Weekend
  • August 26, 2008 - NTSB To Open Public Docket On 2007 Midair Crash Involving Two News Helicopters In Phoenix, Arizona
  • August 24, 2008 - NTSB Sends Team To Guatemala To Assist With Cessna Aircraft Accident Investigation
  • August 23, 2008 - NTSB Sends Team To Investigate Plane Crash Near Moab, Utah
  • August 20, 2008 - NTSB Sends Team To Madrid To Support MD-82 Aircraft Accident Investigation
  • August 15, 2008 - Update On NTSB Investigation Of The August 5 Shasta-Trinity Forest Helicopter Crash
  • August 8, 2008 - NTSB Sending Team To Investigate Bus Crash In Texas
  • August 6, 2008 - NTSB Launches Team To Investigate Helicopter Crash In Northern California
  • July 31, 2008 - NTSB Launches Team To Investigate Plane Crash In Owatonna, Minnesota
  • July 25, 2008 - NTSB Sends Team To Philippines To Join Qantas 747 Investigation
  • July 23, 2008 - NTSB Investigating Near Midair Collision In Chicago
  • July 23, 2008 - (SB-08-34) Master's Poor Decision Led To Grounding Of Passenger Vessel Empress Of The North, NTSB Determines
  • July 23, 2008 - NTSB Sends Go Team To Investigate Tanker-Fuel Barge Collision And Oil Spill On Mississippi River In New Orleans
  • July 20, 2008 - NTSB Assists Government Of Korea In Aviation Accident
  • July 16, 2008 - (SB-08-33) NTSB Chairman Commends FAA On Major Advancement In Aviation Safety
  • July 15, 2008 - NTSB Investigating Two Recent Runway Incursions At Teterboro Airport
  • July 10, 2008 - Update On NTSB Investigation Involving Midwest Airlines Airplane Carrying Senator Obama
  • July 8, 2008 - (SB-08-32) Inadequate Signage, Traffic Control Devices Confused Driver, Caused 2007 Atlanta Motorcoach Crash, NTSB Says
  • July 8, 2008 - NTSB Investigating Near Midair Collision In New York
  • July 7, 2008 - NTSB To Investigate Incident Involving Midwest Airlines Plane Carrying Senator Obama
  • July 7, 2008 - NTSB Sends Team To Assist Colombian Government Following Boeing 747 Freighter Crash
  • July 6, 2008 - NTSB Assists Government Of Mexico In Aviation Accident Involving U.S. Cargo Flight
  • July 3, 2008 - NTSB Issues Update On 767 Cargo Airplane Fire
  • July 2, 2008 - (SB-08-31) NTSB Chairman Reminds Americans To Keep Eyes On Safety This July 4
  • June 30, 2008 - NTSB Sends Go Team To Investigate Midair Collision Of Two EMS Helicopters In Arizona
  • June 29, 2008 - NTSB Team Of Investigators Respond To A Ground Fire Aboard B-767 Cargo Jet
  • June 26, 2008 - (SB-08-30) NTSB Chairman Commends SAFE KIDS, General Motors For One Million Car Seats Checked
  • June 16, 2008 - (SB-08-29) NTSB Chairman Stresses Education, Enforcement And Technology Reduces Highway Accidents
  • June 13, 2008 - (SB-08-28) NTSB Chairman Lauds FAA For Quick Action On Eclipse 500
  • June 12, 2008 - (SB-08-27) NTSB Issues Urgent Recommendations To FAA To Inspect All Eclipse 500 Throttle Quadrants
  • June 10, 2008 - (SB-08-26) Inadequate Congestion Prevention, Complex Roadway And Signal Patterns Caused 2005 Elmwood Park, Illinois Highway-Railroad Crossing Accident, NTSB Says
  • June 10, 2008 - (SB-08-25) NTSB Recommends FAA Address Fatigue Management Systems In Aviation
  • June 10, 2008 - (SB-08-24) Pilot's Poor Decision Making Caused Plane To Overrun Runway In Traverse City
  • June 4, 2008 - (SB-08-23) NTSB Chairman Addresses New Jersey Motorcoach Industry Group
  • May 31, 2008 - NTSB Sending Team Of Investigators To Assist In Panamanian Helicopter Investigation
  • May 30, 2008 - NTSB Participating In Investigation Of A-320 Runway Overrun In Honduras
  • May 28, 2008 - NTSB Sending Team To Investigate Commuter Train Collision Near Boston
  • May 25, 2008 - NTSB Assists Government Of Belgium In Aviation Accident
  • May 21, 2008 - (SB-08-22) NTSB Chairman Encourages Motorists And Boaters To Put Safety First
  • May 16, 2008 - (SB-08-21) NTSB Chairman Encourages Boating Safety During Safe Boating Week
  • May 14, 2008 - (SB-08-20) NTSB Chairman Recognizes Safety Achievements In Rail, Urges Continued Vigilance
  • May 13, 2008 - (SB-08-19) NTSB Determines Inadequate Rail Inspection Caused 2006 Pennsylvania Derailment
  • May 12, 2008 - (SB-08-17) Anniversary Of Nation's Deadliest Drunk Driving Crash Brings Call By NTSB Chairman For More State Action
  • May 7, 2008 - NTSB To Release Factual Reports On Cessna 310 Accident In Florida
  • May 2, 2008 - (SB-08-16) NTSB Chairman Stresses The Importance Of Motorcycle Safety, DOT FMVSS 218-Compliant Helmets
  • April 22, 2008 - NTSB Issues Update On Investigation of 757 In-Flight Wing Panel Separation
  • April 16, 2008 - (SB-08-14) NTSB Releases 2007 Aviation Accident Statistics
  • April 15, 2008 - (SB-08-13) Failure To Execute A Missed Approach Caused Shuttle America's Runway Overrun
  • April 2, 2008 - NTSB Investigating Rail Yard Accident Near Toledo, Ohio Involving Remote Control Operations
  • March 30, 2008 - NTSB Assisting In Business Jet Accident In England
  • March 27, 2008 - NTSB Investigating In-Flight Separation Of B-757 Wing Panel
  • March 18, 2008 - (SB-08-11) NTSB Determines 2007 Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Rail Accident Was Caused By The Failure To Provide Signal Protection For Track Maintenance Workers
  • March 17, 2008 - Fifth Update: Investigation Into Collapse Of I-35 Bridge
  • March 6, 2008 - (SB-08-10) NTSB Announces Hearing On Container Ship/Bay Bridge Accident
  • March 5, 2008 - (SB-08-09) NTSB Issues Recommendations On GE Regional Jet Engines
  • March 5, 2008 - (SB-08-08) NTSB Chairman Rosenker Stresses The Need For Sleep And Rest Requirements As Nation Marks Sleep Awareness Week
  • March 3, 2008 - (SB-08-07) NTSB To Hold Safety Forum On Unmanned Aircraft Systems
  • February 29, 2008 - Safety Board Issues Update On Jackson Hole Runway Excursion
  • February 27, 2008 - NTSB Investigates Jetliner Runway Excursion In Jackson Hole
  • February 26, 2008 - NTSB Continues Search for Components Lost Over Texas in Uncontained Engine Failure
  • February 1, 2008 - Team of Investigators Responds To King Air Accident In North Carolina
  • February 1, 2008 - NTSB Investigating Cause Of Smoke In Cockpit On Flight Over Atlantic Ocean
  • January 24, 2008 - (SB-08-06) NTSB Issues Safety Alert To Warn Pilots About CFIT Accidents During Night Visual Conditions
  • January 24, 2008 - British Issue Update On B-777 Accident At London Heathrow
  • January 23, 2008 - (SB-08-05) Inadequate Procedures And Safeguards Contributed To Two WMATA Metrorail Accidents Fatal To Wayside Workers, NTSB Finds
  • January 22, 2008 - (SB-08-04) NTSB Chairman Describes Future Of Automotive Safety Technology
  • January 17, 2008 - (SB-08-03) NTSB Chairman Highlights Value Of Advanced Technologies And Crash Testing In Motorcoach Safety
  • January 17, 2008 - NTSB Assisting In B-777 Landing Accident In London
  • January 15, 2008 - (SB-08-02) NTSB Urges Bridge Owners To Perform Load Capacity Calculations Before Modifications; I-35W Investigation Continues
  • January 10, 2008 - (SB-08-01) Crew Mistakes Caused Heeling Of Crown Princess Cruise Ship

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