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NTSB: Loose Rivets Found in Plane With Hole

WASHINGTON -- Investigators trying to determine why the roof of a Southwest Airlines jet cracked open in flight have issued preliminary findings suggesting there may have been flaws in the riveting work when Boeing built the plane 15 years ago. The National Transportation Safety Board said Monday that some of the rivets...

Michelle Obama's Plane Flew Closer to Big Jet

WASHINGTON -- A plane carrying first lady Michelle Obama this week came even closer to a big military cargo jet than previously reported, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday. The distance between the two planes closed to 2.94 miles before air traffic controllers at Andrews Air Force Base outside...

NTSB: Cracks Found in 3 More Southwest Planes

YUMA, Ariz. - Inspectors have found small, subsurface cracks in three more Southwest Airlines planes that are similar to those suspected of causing a jetliner to lose pressure and make a harrowing emergency landing in Arizona, a federal investigator said Sunday. Southwest said in statement that two of its Boeing 737-700s...

NTSB Wants Probe Into Tour Bus Driver's License [VIDEO]

Could a Pipeline Explode in Your Community?

The apparent gas line explosion in Allentown, Pa., that killed five people is certain to refocus attention to the 2 million miles of natural gas pipelines that lie under neighborhoods and subdivisions from coast to coast. The Allentown explosion came three weeks after a gas main explosion in Philadelphia killed one person...

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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation.

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