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NTSB Chairman Hersman to Speak at National Press Club Breakfast
2014-04-09 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Deborah A.P. Hersman, outgoing NTSB Chairman, will speak about her tenure at the NTSB during National Press Club breakfast on April 21. Hersman, who has led the safety agency for 5 of her 10 years on the board, has been recognized as a leading safety advocate across all modes of transportation. She has focused attention and actions on addressing fatigue and distraction in transportation, eliminating impaired driving, improving child passenger safety, and helping accident victims and ...
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NTSB Offering Webcast Course for Current and Potential Party Members to NTSB Rail Transit ...
2014-04-08 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Scheduled for April 30, 3-hour "Rail Transit Party Process Training" webinar will help current and potential participants in NTSB accident investigations better understand procedures and processes involved so they can work more effectively with the NTSB. It will include a discussion of party members’ roles and responsibilities, interactions with NTSB, and media relations. Participants will have the opportunity to ask presenters questions via telephone and email. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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NTSB Issues Recommendations to Correct Safety Vulnerabilities Involving Tractor-Trailers
2014-04-03 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
NTSB issued recommendations urging NHTSA to take action to improve safety of tractor-trailers. In addition to eliminating blind spots, recommendations call on NHTSA to require that newly manufactured truck-tractors and trailers be equipped with side underride protection systems, and that revisions be made to improve rear underride guard standards. NTSB also recommends that NHTSA add information on trailer model year and vehicle identification numbers to its national database of fatal ...This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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NTSB Training Center Offers New Helicopter Accident Investigation Course
2014-04-02 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Helicopter Accident Investigation Course will be held August 18–22, 2014 at NTSB's Training Center in Ashburn, VA. Course will provide overview of procedures and methods used as well as skills required for all aspects of helicopter accident investigation. Instructors from U.S. Army National Guard will also provide instruction in helicopter aerodynamics, operations, and investigations, and attendees will get to practice investigative skills via hands-on examination. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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NTSB issues safety alert on wrong airport landings
2014-03-26 18:32:52| Airlines - Topix.net
A federal agency overseeing transportation safety is warning pilots to take extra precautions after a pair of recent plane landings at the wrong airports.
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