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Title: NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD: PROFILE OF AN ORGANIZATION
Accession Number: 00753772
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: This article profiles the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), an independent federal agency charged with determining the probable causes of transportation accidents and promoting transportation safety through its recommendation process. Although it is among the smallest of government agencies, it has a huge job. The United States transportation network rivals those of other continents and is matched by those of few other nations in size and complexity. NTSB was founded in 1967 and its current charter is the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974. Since 1967 it has investigated more than 100,000 aviation accidents and incidents, as well as about 10,000 surface transportation accidents involving highways, marine and rail transport, and pipelines. NTSB also investigates accidents involving the transportation of hazardous materials and is the sole U.S. accredited representative at foreign accident investigations under provisions of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). When notified of a major accident, the NTSB launches a Go-Team that varies in size depending on the severity of the accident and the complexity of the issues involved. NTSB also sponsors public forums to promote safe transportation practices, and conducts safety studies that focus public attention on major national safety issues. The NTSB's laboratories are world renowned. During the past 30 years, accident rates have been dropping, while capacity and usage have remained steady or grown, sometimes dramatically, in every mode of transportation. NTSB is accomplishing its job of making the nation's notably safe transportation system even safer.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: HALL, JPagination: p. 2-6
Publication Date: 1998-7
Serial: Features: Photos
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TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General); I80: Accident Studies
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Sep 4 1998 12:00AM
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