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This Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8, seen last Saturday, is one of those grounded following the crash that killed 157 people.

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Boeing 737 Max Software Fix And Report On Fatal Crash Expected This Week

10:09pm March 26, 2019

by David Schaper

Authorities in Ethiopia are preparing prepare to release preliminary findings on the cause of the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet that killed all 157 people on board.

Firefighters work in the driveway of a house damaged in a deadly plane crash Sunday in Yorba Linda, Calif. Officials say at least five people died, including the pilot and four people who were in the house.

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5 Die As Plane Breaks Apart, Crashes Into Neighborhood In Southern California

10:52am February 04, 2019

by Bill Chappell

Several witnesses described a dramatic scene in which the aircraft, a 1981 twin-engine Cessna 414, burst into flames and began breaking apart. Four people were killed in a house in Yorba Linda.

An amphibious boat is seen at Ride The Ducks on July 20, in Branson, Mo. On Friday, the National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report of video captured in the minutes leading up to the deadly accident.

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Duck Boat Tour's Final Minutes Chronicled in Preliminary NTSB Report

8:07pm July 27, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

A timeline based on video and audio recovered from the vessel indicate tourists were given safety instructions about 10 minutes before the weather turned. The boat capsized and 17 people died.

A vehicle drives by the spot where an Uber self-driving vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian earlier this year in Tempe, Ariz. The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report Thursday on the collision.

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NTSB: Uber Self-Driving Car Had Disabled Emergency Brake System Before Fatal Crash

8:48pm May 24, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report said that sensors saw the victim. But Uber says it's the driver, not its system, that was supposed to intervene to avoid the collision.

An aerial view of the site in Cayce, S.C., where an Amtrak passenger train (bottom right) slammed into a CSX freight train early Sunday morning. At least two Amtrak crew members were killed and more than 100 people injured, authorities said.

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After Another Fatal Train Crash, Amtrak Safety Culture Questioned

5:36pm February 05, 2018

by David Schaper

Safety advocates and federal investigators are again expressing concern about the slow pace of railroads installing and implementing technology that could prevent some train collisions.

A photo provided by the Indiana State Police shows the wreckage from a small plane crash Saturday night in southeastern Indiana. An executive at the NTSB was among the three people killed when the Cessna crashed into the woods.

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National Transportation Safety Board Official Killed In Indiana Plane Crash

5:07pm December 19, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Paul Schuda was the director of the NTSB's training center in Ashburn, Va. He and two other people died when the pilot's Cessna crashed into the woods in southeastern Indiana.

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NTSB Releases Findings On What Sank The Doomed Ship El Faro

3:08pm December 12, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

In draft findings that are expected to be adopted Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board found a range of problems with the freighter that sank in a 2015 hurricane, killing its whole crew.

Positive Train Control Might Have Prevented Fatal Crash In June

11:22pm July 14, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Two freight trains collided in Texas after one ran a stop signal, the National Transportation Safety Board says. Three people died. The section of track did not have Positive Train Control installed.

Investigators and first responders work near the wreckage of Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188, which derailed May 13, 2015, in north Philadelphia. Eight people were killed and hundreds injured in the crash.

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One Year After Fatal Amtrak Derailment, Still Waiting For Answers

10:16pm May 12, 2016

by David Schaper

The National Transportation Safety Board has scheduled a meeting next week to detail the probable cause of the accident, which killed 8 people and injured more than 200.

Amtrak said the train was heading from New York to Savannah, Ga., on Sunday when it struck a backhoe outside Philadelphia.

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Amtrak Crash Latest: Video Shows Construction Equipment On The Track

7:34pm April 04, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The National Transportation Safety Board investigator in charge said forward-facing video from the train was of good quality and recorded up to the crash.