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Safety board renews school bus seat belt call after crash

The National Transportation Safety Board has renewed its call for seat belts on school buses after completing an investigation of a 2020 Tennessee crash that killed the driver and a 7-year-old girl

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022

Safety board urges FAA to mandate Otter seaplane inspections

The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday issued a formal and urgent safety recommendation to the Federal Aviation Administration and its Canadian counterpart that they mandate an immediate one-time inspection of a critical component on all DHC-3 Otter seaplanes.

Tribune News Service · Oct 28, 2022

Whidbey seaplane crash investigators identify possible cause

SEATTLE — The National Transportation Safety Board investigating the crash of a seaplane last month off Whidbey Island on Monday said its experts identified a broken actuator that moves the plane’s horizontal tail that could potentially be the cause of the fatal accident that killed 10 people.

Tribune News Service · Oct 24, 2022

Three people were killed after two small planes collided in the sky near Denver

The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating. The NTSB said a preliminary report would be released in about 15 days.

WEKU · Sep 18, 2022

3 die as planes collide over Colorado's Boulder County

DENVER — Three people died Saturday morning when two airplanes collided over Boulder County and crashed, according to the sheriff’s office.

The Denver Post · Sep 17, 2022

Plane that crashed in Mutiny Bay was recently serviced, did not have flight recorder

Wreckage from a floatplane crash that killed 10 people in Mutiny Bay over Labor Day weekend will likely be recovered later this month, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

Tribune News Service · Sep 16, 2022

Small plane buzzes boaters in Colorado before crashing

The National Transportation Safety Board says it is investigating a small plane that buzzed low over boats on a Northern Colorado reservoir before crashing

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2022

Floatplane wreckage located in Washington's Mutiny Bay

SEATTLE — Wreckage of a floatplane that crashed into Mutiny Bay last week has been located on the seafloor, after the depth and motion of the water hid the wreckage for several days, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

Tribune News Service · Sep 13, 2022

Feds say captain saved himself as California boat fire killed 34. But prosecution hits a wall

LOS ANGELES — Three years have passed since Captain Jerry Boylan jumped overboard from the Conception dive boat as it was swallowed by flames that killed 34 people onboard off the Channel Islands.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 3, 2022

Pilot said he ‘needed air’ before exiting plane and plummeting to his death

Aircraft was flying parachuters when emergency landing ‘upset’ 23-year-old

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2022