NTSB: Coast Guard craft's 'excessive speed' caused fatal crash

07/12/11 The National Transportation Safety Board has concluded that a fatal collision between a Coast Guard vessel and a civilian craft in San Diego Bay was caused by the Coast Guard boat's "excessive speed" and a lack of "effective oversight" of small-boat operations by the Coast Guard.

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1 dead, 1 injured in glider crash

07/16/11 HOLLYWOOD, Md. (AP) - The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash of a glider near St. Mary's Regional Airport in southern Maryland that killed one person and injured another. NTSB spokesman Peter Knudson said the Slingsby 49B glider crashed into trees Friday afternoon shortly after takeoff when it became disconnected from its towing plane. He said one person died after ...

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TWA Flight 800 families mark 15 years since crash

07/18/11 share: digg facebook twitter The destruction 15 years ago of TWA Flight 800 off east Moriches just 12 minutes after takeoff from Kennedy International Airport set off a mammoth FBI investigation amid fears that a bomb or a missile had downed the plane and introduced sky-based international terrorism to U.S. shores. The National Transportation Safety Board concluded the plane was destroyed by a ...

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