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The interior of a Tesla Model X 75D semi-autonomous electric vehicle is shown in January 2017. The company's autopilot system has been engaged at the time of a number of accidents, including a crash that killed the driver in California in March, but the c

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No Driver Input Detected In Seconds Before Deadly Tesla Crash, NTSB Finds

8:39pm June 07, 2018

by David Schaper

The driver of a Tesla Model X on autopilot died after it hit a barrier between a highway lane and an exit ramp. The NTSB found he didn't brake or have his hands on the wheel shortly before collision.

Tesla vehicles sit parked outside of a new Tesla showroom and service center in Red Hook, Brooklyn in 2016.

NTSB: Tesla Booted From Crash Investigation For Not Following Rules

2:59am April 13, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The National Transportation Safety Board says it has removed the high-tech car maker from a probe into the fatal crash last month of one of its vehicles in California.

Damage done to the Hoboken Terminal in New Jersey after a commuter train crash in September 2016. Federal investigators attribute this accident and one in New York to engineers' untreated sleep apnea.

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Federal Report Blames A Type Of Sleep Apnea For Train Crashes

11:30pm February 06, 2018

by David Schaper

The National Transportation Safety Board said two recent commuter rail accidents that killed one person and injured more than 200 others were caused by engineers falling asleep at the controls.

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.

Cars from an Amtrak train lay spilled onto Interstate 5 below as some train cars remain on the tracks above on Monday in DuPont, Wash.

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NTSB: Amtrak Washington Train Traveling At 80 MPH In 30 MPH Zone

4:53pm December 19, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The Amtrak Cascades train that derailed near Tacoma on Monday left three people dead and dozens injured.

An NTSB investigation on a deadly hot air balloon crash in July 2016 found that the pilot had a "pattern of poor decision-making" and was impaired by drugs and medical conditions. Here, authorities block a road near the crash site in Maxwell, Texas.

Report Blames Pilot In Deadly Balloon Crash, But Also Points Finger At FAA

6:13pm October 17, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Investigators found the pilot was impaired by medical conditions and drugs including Valium, oxycodone and Benadryl. The FAA doesn't require medical certification for commercial balloon operators.

A Metro-North passenger train rolls through the Spuyten Duyvil station in New York in December of 2013, days after a train derailed in a deadly crash as it approached the station.

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Regulators Pull Plan To Test Truckers, Train Operators For Sleep Apnea

2:38pm August 08, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Two U.S. agencies are ending their push to screen truck drivers and train operators a year after saying the sleep disorder "can cause unintended sleep episodes and resulting deficits in attention."

Emergency crews work on the scene where a train hit a charter bus in Biloxi, Miss., Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board says the freight train was traveling about 19 mph at the time of the crash.

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Charter Bus Was Stuck On Tracks When Freight Train Hit It, Witnesses In Biloxi Say

3:27pm March 08, 2017

by Bill Chappell

"Since 1976 there have been 16 vehicle-train collisions at this grade crossing prior to Tuesday's accident," the National Transportation Safety Board says.

A map of Hurricane Joaquin showing where the ship El Faro sank early on Oct. 1, 2015.

'Maybe I'm Just Being A Chicken Little'; Transcript Describes Ship's Final Hours

6:36pm December 13, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

The National Transportation Safety Board has released a data recorder transcript from the cargo ship El Faro, which sank last year after it sailed into a hurricane. All 33 people on board died.

Authorities investigate the site of a hot air balloon accident in Maxwell, Texas, on Saturday. All 16 people aboard the hot air balloon died after it hit tall, high-voltage power lines.

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Oversight Scrutinized After Deadliest Hot Air Balloon Accident In U.S. History

3:44pm August 02, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

A hot air balloon crash in Texas on Saturday killed all 16 people aboard. The cause is not yet clear, but revelations about the pilot are raising questions about the licensing of balloon operators.