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  2. Inadequate inspections and lack of oversight cited in West ...

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    JOHN RABY. August 27, 2024 at 1:48 PM. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Inadequate inspections by an operator and a lack of oversight by the Federal Aviation Administration were partly to blame for the ...

  3. National Transportation Safety Board - Wikipedia

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    The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation.In this role, the NTSB investigates and reports on aviation accidents and incidents, certain types of highway crashes, ship and marine accidents, pipeline incidents, bridge failures, and railroad accidents. [3]

  4. TWA Flight 514 - Wikipedia

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    TWA Flight 514. Trans World Airlines Flight 514, was a Boeing 727-231 en route from Indianapolis, Indiana and Columbus, Ohio to Washington Dulles International that crashed into Mount Weather, Virginia, on December 1, 1974. All 92 occupants aboard, 85 passengers and 7 crew members, were killed. [1][2] In stormy conditions late in the morning ...

  5. Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 - Wikipedia

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    The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determines that the probable cause of this accident was a low-cycle fatigue crack in the dovetail of fan blade No. 13, which resulted in the fan blade separating in flight and impacting the engine fan case at a location that was critical to the structural integrity and performance of the fan cowl ...

  6. Safety board cites lax FAA oversight in 2022 fatal West ...

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    The National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday a June 2022 crash of a West Virginia former military helicopter that killed six was caused in part by lack of sufficient government oversight.

  7. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration - Wikipedia

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    Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is an agency in the United States Department of Transportation that regulates the trucking industry in the United States. The primary mission of the FMCSA is to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses.

  8. Allegheny Airlines Flight 485 - Wikipedia

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    Allegheny Airlines Flight 485 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight between Washington, D.C. and Newport News, Virginia, United States, with three stop-overs, two in Connecticut and a third in Pennsylvania. On June 7, 1971, the Allegheny Airlines Convair CV-580 operating the flight crashed on approach to Tweed New Haven Regional ...

  9. Weight of EVs prompts safety concerns about impact of crashes

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    The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy are concerned about the additional weight from EVs causing more severe crashes. "Our ...