National Transportation Safety Board

noun

U.S. Government.

1. an independent agency, created in 1975, that promotes safe transportation in the U.S. through accident investigations, studies, and recommendations. NTSB

Example Sentences

The National Transportation Safety Board said it was investigating a crash that occurred Wednesday involving a Robinson Helicopter R66 series in Ekalaka, Mont.

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The National Transportation Safety Board said in a social media post that the windscreen cracked while the plane was near Moab, Utah.

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Flawed engineering and inadequate testing contributed to the catastrophic implosion of a private submersible during a 2023 expedition to the Titanic wreckage, the US National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday.

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Meanwhile pilots had donned oxygen masks, declared an emergency and were turning back to Atlanta, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report.

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The National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates air accidents, will lead a probe into the crash.

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