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NTSB Finds Automation Overreliance Contributed to Two Fatal Ford BlueCruise…

​​​​​Agency recommends improved safe use and oversight of partial automation systems.

WASHINGTON (March 31, 2026) – The National Transportation Safety Board called for standardized performance requirements and greater oversight to…

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Systemic Failures Led to Midair Collision Over Potomac River in Washington

NTSB recommendations call for changes to helicopter route design, air traffic control procedures, safety management systems, data sharing and collision avoidance technology

​​WASHINGTON (January 28, 2026) — Systemic failures in airspace design, safety oversight, and risk management by the Federal Aviation Administration…

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MEDIA ADVISORY: NTSB Board Meeting on Midair Collision at DCA Scheduled for…

​​​WASHINGTON (Jan. 12, 2026) -- The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public board meeting on Jan. 27 to determine the probable cause…

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Improperly Secured Lithium-ion Batteries Cause Fires Aboard Cargo Vessel

​​WASHINGTON (Dec. 18, 2025) -- Heavy weather and an improperly secured cargo of lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS) units led to two…

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NTSB Investigators Traveling to Site of Business Jet Crash in North…

​NTSB briefing on Friday​​​

WASHINGTON (Dec. 18, 2025) — Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board departed Washington Dulles…

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Loose Wire on Containership Dali Leads to Blackouts and Contact with…

​​​Blackouts led to loss of steering and propulsion on 984-foot-long vessel

WASHINGTON (Nov. 18, 2025) -- The NTSB said Tuesday that a single loose wire on the 984-foot-long containership Dali caused an electrical blackout…

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Nov 18 Meeting on the Contact of Containership Dali with…

​​​WASHINGTON (Nov. 10, 2025) — The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public board meeting Nov. 18 to determine the probable cause of…

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NTSB Issues Urgent Recommendation on Learjet Landing Gear

​​Main landing gear c​​​​​​ould separate on landing

WASHINGTON (Oct. 29, 2025) – The National Transportation Safety Board issued an urgent recommendation Wednesday to ensure main landing gear are…

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