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U.S. NTSB helps China download voice record of crashed Boeing jet

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Friday it was assisting Chinese investigators with the download of the cockpit voice recorder in Washington from an China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 jet as it sent a team of investigators to China.

Reuters · Apr 1, 2022

Exclusive-U.S. NTSB assisting in download of cockpit voice recorder in China March 21 crash

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) confirmed late on Friday the cockpit voice recorder from a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 that crashed March 21 is at the U.S. agency's lab in Washington.

Reuters · Apr 1, 2022

NTSB: Oklahoma teens' car made 'rolling stop' before crash

National Transportation Safety Board investigators say a four-seat car carrying six Oklahoma teenagers reportedly didn't fully stop before entering an intersection where it was hit by a large truck, killing all of the teens

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2022

NTSB: Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed from the Squirrel Hill side, but cause not determined yet

PITTSBURGH — The National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report Monday on the Jan. 28 Fern Hollow Bridge collapse indicates the bridge began falling from the Squirrel Hill side of the structure, but it doesn't offer any reason why.

Tribune News Service · Feb 8, 2022

Initial report doesn't ID cause of Pittsburgh bridge failure

The National Transportation Safety Board initial review doesn't identify the cause of a recent bridge collapse in Pittsburgh

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2022

Preliminary NTSB report describes medical helicopter’s ‘near vertical, nose-down descent’ before Pennsylvania crash

PHILADELPHIA — The National Transportation Safety Board on Monday released a preliminary report detailing the frightening seconds before a medical helicopter crashed in the Drexel Hill neighborhood of Upper Darby on Jan. 11.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Feb 1, 2022

'The damage is massive': NTSB dives into investigation of Pittsburgh bridge collapse

PITTSBURGH — The National Transportation Safety Board will be at the scene of the collapsed bridge in Frick Park for a number of days as it takes a “microscope” to the situation to determine what led the structure to fall into the ravine below it Friday morning.

Tribune News Service · Jan 30, 2022