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National Transportation Safety Board

Type: Organization

Name: National Transportation Safety Board

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 48 mins ago - 28 reports

Richard Blumenthal

Train crash: 'Damage staggering'

Rescuers transport an injured passenger from the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided Friday. The accident snarled train traffic from New York to Boston.Christian Abraham/Connecticut PostSeventy-two people were sent to the hospital Friday ... [Published Portland Press Herald - 25 mins ago]

Entities: Richard Blumenthal, National Transportation Safety Board, Aaron Donovan

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 14 reports

Piedmont Airlines

Commuter plane makes emergency landing on belly in Newark

A commuter plane with 31 passengers aboard was forced to make an emergency belly landing in Newark, N.J., early Saturday morning when the aircrafts landing gear failed to fully deploy.After circling Newark Liberty International Airport several times trying ... [Published Los Angeles Times - 2 hours ago]

Entities: National Transportation Safety Board, US Airways Group Inc, Kelly Nantel, Piedmont Airlines

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 4 reports

Feds probing Connecticut train crash

Federal investigators ruled out foul play in a commuter train derailment in Bridgeport, Connecticut, that left more than 70 people injured and shut down service along the busy New York-to-New Haven corridor, officials said Saturday.Federal investigators ... [Published WXII 12 - 3 hours ago]

Entities: National Transportation Safety Board, Richard Blumenthal, Amtrak, Dannel Malloy, Washington DC

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 4 reports

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

60 injured as trains collide in Connecticut

May 18: Two trains collided after a derailment near Fairfield, Connecticut, at the height of the evening rush yesterday, injuring 60 people, five critically, and snarling transit corridors in northeastern US, the authorities said. An eastbound train heading ... [Published Calcutta Telegraph - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Fairfield, Connecticut, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, National Transportation Safety Board, Dispatcher

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 4 reports

US Airways Group Inc

No One Hurt After Rough Landing at Newark Liberty Saturday

Passengers on a flight touching down at Newark Liberty International Airport early Saturday had a bumpy ride after a problem with the plane’s landing gear forced the pilot to make a “belly” landing .An official with US Airways told the Associated Press ... [Published West Ward Patch - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Turboprop, National Transportation Safety Board, US Airways Group Inc

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 2 reports

Safety group pushes to lower legal driving limit from .08 to .05 (2)

Federal safety officials are taking a hard look at the threshold for drunken driving.A recommendation out Tuesday urges states to reduce the legal limit from .08 to .05, a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries. That?s ... [Published Rockford Register Star - 4 hours ago]

Entities: National Transportation Safety Board, Alcohol, Rockford (Illinois, United States), Public Defender, Parole

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated 4 hours ago - 43 reports

Amtrak

70 hurt as US trains collide

Two passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour in southwestern Connecticut, injuring 70 people, five of them critically, and closing the key corridor between New York and Boston.A Metro-North train heading from New Haven ... [Published New Delhi Pioneer - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Dannel Malloy, New York City, Boston (Massachusetts, United States), Amtrak, National Transportation Safety Board

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 3 reports

New: 60 Injured and 5 Critical After Two Commuter Trains Collide

at 12:21 PM PDTOfficials toured the scene of a two-train collision in Connecticut that injured dozens of people and halted rail traffic from New York to Boston on Friday.Area hospitals saw seventy people after the rush-hour collision. Two remained in ... [Published KSEE24 - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Richard Blumenthal, National Transportation Safety Board, Insider, Boston (Massachusetts, United States)

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 11 hours ago - 7 reports

Drunk Driving Limit May be Lowered

The NTSB has suggested lowering the legal blood alcohol limit to .05San Francisco, California (United States) (OFFICIAL WIRE) May 18, 2013San Francisco, CA- On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended that the legal limit of drunk ... [Published OfficialWire - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Drink Driving, National Transportation Safety Board, Austin, Alcohol

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 3 reports

Conn., NTSB officials to tour train crash site

Officials in Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office say the governor will meet with representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board and Connecticut's two U.S. senators at the site of a Metro-North Railroad crash that... ... [Published Omaha World-Herald - 16 hours ago]

Entities: National Transportation Safety Board, United States

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 2 reports

Local agencies respond to NTSB’s...

While an independent federal agency is calling for a lower, legal BAC limit nationwide to reduce alcohol-related accidents, local law enforcement agencies question the effectiveness of the change.On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board released ... [Published Fort Myers Beach Bulletin - 21 hours ago]

Entities: National Transportation Safety Board, Mike Scott, Arrests, Cape Coral, Alcohol

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 6 reports

NTSB Recommends Lower Blood Alcohol Limit for Drivers

[G+] Associate Online Editor May 17, 20136 photosThe National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) made 19 recommendations to lower alcohol-related automotive deaths this week, including a recommendation for all 50 states to lower blood alcohol content ... [Published Motor Trend - May 17 2013]

Entities: National Transportation Safety Board, Alcohol, Deterrence, Epidemic

Quotes

"Huh, interesting. I always thought that the cops outside Bobby Salazar's in Tower and Rainbow Ballroom were an extravagance paid for by the city. Good to know that's not the case." -- Joshua Bowman

Catching Up for the week of May 13-18 [Published Fresno Bee - 18 mins ago]

...Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., describing the shattered interior of cars and tons of metal tossed around. "I feel that we are fortunate that even more injuries were not the result of this very tragic and unfortunate accident." U S Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., echoed that, saying it was "frankly amazing" people weren't killed on scene

Train crash: 'Damage staggering' [Published Portland Press Herald - 25 mins ago]

"The crashworthiness of the cars seemed to be surprisingly good" added Earl Weener, a member of the safety board. Sen. Chris Murphy said it was amazing there were not more serious injuries

Connecticut train route closed in probe [Published San Francisco Chronicle - 48 mins ago]

"It's too early to rule out anything," Permut said. "We're just going to have to wait to hear what the NSTB has to say."

New rail cars have had issues [Published News-Times - 1 hour ago]

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Catching Up for the week of May 13-18 [Published Fresno Bee - 18 mins ago]
Train crash: 'Damage staggering' [Published Portland Press Herald - 25 mins ago]
Connecticut train route closed in probe [Published San Francisco Chronicle - 48 mins ago]
OVI Checkpoint in Allen County [Published Your HomeTown Lima Stations - 54 mins ago]
‘Broken rail’ in train hit [Published New York Post - 1 hour ago]
Crash landing at Newark Airport has happy ending [Published North Jersey.com - 1 hour ago]
Connecticut Amtrak train crash more than 70 Inj... [Published The Guardian Express - 1 hour ago]
New rail cars have had issues [Published News-Times - 1 hour ago]
Safety officials launch probe into Connecticut ... [Published Reuters - 2 hours ago]
Did rail break before or after trains crashed [Published Fairfield Sun - 2 hours ago]
Commuter plane makes emergency landing on belly... [Published Los Angeles Times - 2 hours ago]
Gear glitch leads to plane’s belly landing [Published The Gulf Today - 2 hours ago]
UPDATE 2-Investigators examine fractured rail i... [Published Reuters UK - 2 hours ago]
Investigators examine fractured rail in Connect... [Published Morning Call - 2 hours ago]
Official: 'Amazing' no one died in US train crash [Published Leaf Chronicle - 3 hours ago]
Pilot killed in Sierra plane crash [Published Eureka Times-Standard - 3 hours ago]
Probe opened into US train crash, major disrupt... [Published Yahoo Philippines News - 3 hours ago]
Feds probing Connecticut train crash [Published WXII 12 - 3 hours ago]
Investigation into US train collision under way [Published Global Times - 3 hours ago]
Probe opened into US train crash, major disrupt... [Published Yahoo!Xtra - 3 hours ago]
60 injured as trains collide in Connecticut [Published Calcutta Telegraph - 3 hours ago]
Probe opened into US train crash, major disrupt... [Published Focus Bulgaria - 3 hours ago]
Metro-North Connecticut Train Crash Cause Unkno... [Published International Business Times Australia - 3 hours ago]
Metro-North Connecticut Train Crash Cause Unkno... [Published International Business Times UK - 3 hours ago]
Cause of MTA crash that left more than 60 injur... [Published Clarion-Ledger - 3 hours ago]
No One Hurt After Rough Landing at Newark Liber... [Published West Ward Patch - 3 hours ago]
60 hurt as US trains collide; New York-Boston c... [Published Oman Observer - 4 hours ago]
NTSB investigating Conn. train collision [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - 4 hours ago]
Safety group pushes to lower legal driving limi... [Published Rockford Register Star - 4 hours ago]
Official: Broken rail eyed in Conn. train crash [Published Vida en el Valle - 4 hours ago]

Blogs

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US Airways Turboprop Plane Makes Belly Landing ... [Published Gothamist - 14 hours ago] Via WABC 7Early this morning, a US Airways plane with 34 people aboard had to land without any landing gear at Newark Airport. The turboprop plane arrived safely at 1 a.m.According to WABC 7, the flight, which had 31 passengers and three crew members, ...
The Weekly Wrap [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - May 18 2013] Friday on the Dish, Andrew slammed Peggy Noonan’s latest column, parsed public opinion on the IRS and Benghazi, and recalled Rumsfeld’s shut-down argument style. He encouraged consenting adults to let their freak flags fly and dove deep on ...
What Should Count As Drunk Driving? [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - May 17 2013] The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) wants to lower the legal limit: Currently, the threshold is set at a blood alcohol content of 0.08 percent, as a result of a transportation bill signed into law by President Clinton in 2000, which stated ...
WAR ON SCIENCE: NTSB wants to lower permissible... [Published Instapundit - May 16 2013] WAR ON SCIENCE: NTSB wants to lower permissible BAC to .05. All political, driven by the neo-Temperance folks at MADD. ...
The federal government wants to change the defi... [Published Ezra Klein - May 16 2013] NTSB Chairwoman Deborah Hersman (Ann Heisenfelt/AP) Time to close your tab: The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) wants to reduce the amount of booze you have to drink to count as a “drunk driver.” Currently, the threshold is set at ...

Audio/Video

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NTSB investigating Conn. train collision [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - 4 hours ago]
New Blood Alcohol Recommendations [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - May 15 2013]
NTSB Wants to Cut Blood Alcohol Limit [Published ABC News Video: World News with Charles Gibson - May 15 2013]
New Drunk Driving Guidelines [Published CNN.com - Video - May 14 2013]
Navy Successfully Launches Drone, and More [Published WSJ.com Video - Digits - May 14 2013]

Press Releases

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Las normas que se aplican a conducir en estado ... [Published Auto & Transportation - May 15 2013]
ATA Praises NTSB Effort to Reduce Impaired Driv... [Published PR Newswire: Auto & Transportation - May 14 2013]
Drunk Driving Standards Need Toughening Says Al... [Published Auto & Transportation - May 14 2013]
PG&E Completes Seven NTSB Safety Recommendation... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - Mar 26 2013]
Airbus Americas names Craig Hoskins as Vice Pre... [Published Airbus Press Releases - Mar 19 2013]