National Transportation Safety Board
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Texting named as primary cause of fatal 2011 helicopter crash
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According to Bloomberg, the pilot of an emergency medical helicopter was texting when the aircraft crashed in Missouri in April of 2011, killing the pilot, a flight nurse, a paramedic and a patient who was being transported.
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Fire suppression systems urged in all cargo planes
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Lithium batteries are suspected to have caused or contributed to the severity of the fire in the crashes of a UPS jumbo freight airplane in Dubai in 2010 and an Asiana Cargo plane off the coast of South Korea in 2011.
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2009 Metro crash: NTSB closes safety recommendations
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Commuters could soon have a quicker, smoother ride. Metro may have taken a first step toward automating trains for the first time since the 2009 Red Line crash after the NTSB approved and endorsed new track circuit monitors.
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NTSB joins investigation of Boston airport crash
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The crash between two airliners on a taxiway at Boston's Logan International Airport was upgraded from an "incident" to an "accident" on Friday by federal investigators.
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