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National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy presides over day three of an NTSB investigative hearing on the January midair collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet, at NTSB headquarters in Washington, DC.

Final day of NTSB hearing on DC midair collision: investigators press for answers on tech that could have prevented crash

Alexandra Skores, CNN August 1, 2025

Washington, DC (CNN) — The National Transportation Safety Board questioned witnesses Friday on collision avoidance technology and organizational safety systems to manage risk. It is the third and final...

Plastic covers the exterior of the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX in January 2024 in Portland, Oregon.

NTSB to determine probable cause of Boeing 737 door plug blowout Tuesday

Chris Isidore and Alexandra Skores June 23, 2025

(CNN) — On January 4, 2024, a door plug blew out on a Boeing 737 Max at more than 16,000 feet in the air, leaving a gaping hole in the side. On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board will...

As crews remove contaminated soil and liquid from Ohio toxic train wreck site, concerns emerge about where it’s going

Nouran Salahieh and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN February 27, 2023

CNN– After a brief pause, shipments of contaminated liquid and soil from the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, will resume Monday amid concerns – including from other states – about...

Soil from the train wreck in East Palestine, Ohio, being collected for disposal.
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Texas and Michigan officials say they didn’t know water, soil from Ohio train wreck would be transported into their jurisdictions

Nicki Brown, Sara Smart and Ralph Ellis, CNN February 25, 2023

(CNN) -- The federal Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Norfolk Southern to stop its shipments of hazardous waste from the site of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, so that it can...

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Update: Victims of Akron plane crash identified

Allie Johnson November 13, 2015

The Summit County Medical Examiner released the names of the seven passengers who died in Tuesday’s plane crash in Akron. The victims were: Gary Shapiro, 35, Thomas Virgin 31, Jared Weiner, 35, and...

News on the go: May 2, 2014

Emily Mills May 1, 2014

Toronto mayor Rob Ford announced Wednesday he would take a leave of absence from his mayoral position and his re-election campaign. Ford left for an alcohol treatment program outside Toronto Thursday,...

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