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In this photo released by the National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB Investigator-in-Charge John Lovell examines the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, in Portland, Ore. A panel used to plug an area reserved for an exit door on the Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner blew out Friday night shortly after the flight took off from Portland, forcing the plane to return to Portland International Airport. (National Transportation Safety Board via AP)

Boeing jetliner that suffered inflight blowout was restricted because of concern over warning light

By Claire Rush and David Koenig - Associated Press

In this photo released by the National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB Investigator-in-Charge John Lovell examines the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, in Portland, Ore. A panel used to plug an area reserved for an exit door on the Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner blew out Friday night shortly after the flight took off from Portland, forcing the plane to return to Portland International Airport. (National Transportation Safety Board via AP)

Boeing jetliner that suffered inflight blowout was restricted because of concern over warning light

By Claire Rush and David Koenig - Associated Press

A train arrives at Metro Center station, April 23, 2021, in Washington. Federal officials are harshly criticizing Washington's regional transit agency, saying a "poor safety culture" led to an October 2021 derailment that caused hundreds of new Metro railcars to be pulled from service. National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, that a final NTSB report on the incident concluded that WMATA technicians had been aware for years of a safety issue that caused the wheels on the new 7000-series Metro cars to expand wider than the tracks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

‘100% preventable’: Federal agency blames ‘poor safety culture’ for 2021 D.C. Metro train derailment

By Ashraf Khalil - Associated Press

The 6ABC helicopter known as Chopper 6 flies over Philadelphia's Penn Landing on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. The Helicopter crashed on Dec 19, 2023, killing both the pilot and photographer on board. (Elizabeth Robertson/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Doomed Philadelphia news helicopter hit trees fast, broke up, then burned, killing 2 on board

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

This photo released by the North Las Vegas Police Department shows a wrecked Dodge Challenger, Jan. 29, 2022, in North Las Vegas. The National Transportation Safety Board wants automakers to install systems on all new vehicles that warn drivers when they go over the speed limit, and it is asking safety regulators to figure out how states can electronically limit speeds on vehicles driven by repeat traffic offenders. NTSB's recommendations to combat excessive speeding came after a hearing Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, on the January 2022 crash in North Las Vegas. (North Las Vegas Police Department via AP, File)

Federal accident investigators want all new cars to warn drivers if they’re speeding

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

Emergency personnel work at the site of a deadly explosion at a chocolate factory, March 24, 2023, in West Reading, Pa. Federal safety investigators issued a subpoena to Pennsylvania’s public utility regulator on Monday, Sept. 18, for documents related to the fatal explosion at a chocolate factory, saying the state agency has been uncooperative. (Jeff Doelp/Reading Eagle via AP, File)

Federal investigators subpoena Pennsylvania agency for records related to chocolate plant explosion

By Michael Rubinkam - Associated Press

Duck boats, replicas of World War II-era amphibious vehicles, and a popular tourist attraction, make their way along the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge, Mass., Sunday, July 22, 2018. Five years after 17 people died when a tourist vessel known as a duck boat sank on a Missouri lake, the U.S. Coast Guard on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023 issued new rules for amphibious World War II vessels retrofitted for tourists. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

New rules for repurposed WWII-era duck boats aim to improve safety on 16 in use after drownings

By Jim Salter - Associated Press

East Palestine, Ohio resident Eric Cozza attends the National Transportation Safety Board investigative hearing at the East Palestine High School in East Palestine, Ohio, Thursday, June 22, 2023. The hearing is being held to investigate the Feb. 3, 2023, Norfolk Southern Railway train derailment and subsequent hazardous material release and fires. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

NTSB hearing focuses on equipment that failed before fiery Ohio derailment

By Brad Matthews and Josh Funk - Associated Press

In this photo taken with a drone, portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed the previous night in East Palestine, Ohio, remain on fire at mid-day, Feb. 4, 2023. The Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration proposed a new rule Wednesday, June 21, that would require all railroads to quickly provide the details of everything aboard their trains electronically to every emergency responder within 10 miles of a derailment. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Firefighters struggled to identify the toxic freight in fiery Ohio train derailment, chiefs say

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

Search and rescue teams leave the command post at St. Mary's Wilderness en route to the Blue Ridge Parkway to search for the site where a Cessna Citation crashed over mountainous terrain near Montebello, Va., Sunday, June 4, 2023. An unresponsive business jet that flew off course and over the nation’s capital plunged into a Virginia mountain at a “high velocity" and in a "near-vertical descent," according to a federal report released Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (Randall K. Wolf via AP, File)

Plane that flew over Washington, D.C. crashed almost straight down at high speed, report says

By Ben Finley - Associated Press

This is a Pittsburgh Transit Authority bus that was on the Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh when it collapsed in this file photo from Jan. 28, 2022. Investigators looking into the collapse of the Pittsburgh bridge last year want transportation officials nationwide to closely examine more than 10,000 other bridges with similar construction to make sure they don't have the same kind of corrosion that was found on the bridge that collapsed. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) **FILE**

10K bridges similar to Pittsburgh one that collapsed should be checked for corrosion, report says

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

A view of the scene Feb. 24, 2023, as the cleanup continues at the site of of a Norfolk Southern freight train derailment that happened on Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Monday, March 6, 2023 that Norfolk Southern has pledged several million dollars to cover the cost of the response and recovery in Pennsylvania after last month's derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals just across the border in Ohio. (AP Photo/Matt Freed, file)

Safety agency opens probe of Norfolk Southern rail accidents

By Josh Funk and John Seewer - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson participates in a group sail during the Rim of the Pacific exercise off the coast of Hawaii, July 26, 2018. The U.S. military says a Navy F35C Lightning II combat jet conducting exercises in the South China Sea has crashed while trying to land on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson, injuring seven sailors, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, the military said. (Petty Officer 1st Class Arthurgwain L. Marquez/U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE **

Crash that killed four at Navy site in Hawaii under investigation

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A Washington Metro train pulls into Dupont Circle station, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021, in Washington. The regional train system serving the District of Columbia area will remain on drastically reduced service levels through at least the end of this year, as authorities grapple with a safety problem that has forced the majority of the trains out of service. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

NTSB issues safety alert to subways, rail over wheel defect

By Hope Yen - Associated Press

A Washington Metro train pulls into Dupont Circle station, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021, in Washington. The regional train system serving the District of Columbia area will remain on drastically reduced service levels through at least the end of this year, as authorities grapple with a safety problem that has forced the majority of the trains out of service. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

NTSB issues safety alert to rail transit agencies to check their wheelsets

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

In this April 23, 2021, photo, a train arrives at Metro Center station in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Metro submits test plan to safety commission

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

In this April 23, 2021, photo, a train arrives at Metro Center station in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Reduced Metrorail service to last until end of the month

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

Improper stacking sent containers overboard, agency says

Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2021, file photo, emergency personnel cleanup after a massive pileup on Interstate 35 near downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Two of the six people killed in the massive crash involving about 130 vehicles on the icy Texas interstate were fatally struck after getting out of their vehicles, the National Transportation Safety Board reported Wednesday, April 21, 2021. (Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram via AP, File)

Report: 2 of 6 killed in massive Texas crash had exited cars

Associated Press

FILE - In this photo provided by the National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB investigator Clint Crookshanks, left, and member Jennifer Homendy stand near the site of some of the wreckage of the DHC-2 Beaver, Wednesday, May 15, 2019, that was involved in a midair collision near Ketchikan, Alaska, a couple of days earlier. The pilots of two Alaskan sightseeing planes that collided in midair couldn't see the other aircraft because airplane structures or a passenger blocked their views, and they didn't get electronic alerts about close aircraft because safety systems weren't working properly. That's what the staff of the National Transportation Safety board found in their investigation. (Peter Knudson/NTSB via AP)

NTSB: Obstructed views, lack of alerts caused midair crash

By BECKY BOHRER and TOM KRISHER - Associated Press