When the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was established in 1967, it was considered an independent federal agency. However, NTSB's administrative support and funding were funneled through the Department of Transportation (DOT). Over...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent agency responsible for investigation of accidents involving aviation, highway, marine, pipelines and railroads in the United States (except aircraft of the armed forces and the...

On a recent business trip to southern New England and New York I ran into one of those devilish go/no-go decisions where there's no clear call. The problem was simply wind. Unfortunately, there was a lot of it at my destination of...

The National Transportation Safety Board this week made several recommendations in the wake of an incident last year in which an 86-year-old man drove his car through a farmers market in Santa Monica, Calif., killing 10 people. But the board said nothing about...

The school bus industry has a message for bus drivers: Put down your cell phones.The American School Bus Council plans to issue guidelines Tuesday calling for a ban on drivers using cell phones when the bus is moving or when students are getting on or...

There were no unusual movements or signs of trouble in the moments before two news helicopters collided while covering an auto chase, killing all four people aboard, investigators said Friday.The National Transportation Safety Board issued a preliminary report but made no conclusions about the cause...