Tag result for article published on Tue December 13 2011 8:12 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: distracted driving, NTSB, NTSB Press Release
Feds urge states to ban driver use of cell phones, electronic devices except in emergencies. Following today’s Board meeting on the 2010 multi-vehicle highway accident in Gray Summit, Missouri, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) called for the first-ever nationwide ban on driver use of personal electronic devices (PEDs) while operating a motor vehicle.
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Posted in ARLINGTON-CARS.COM, GO!
Tag result for article published on Wed August 31 2011 9:28 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: disaster, government regulation, lax safety, lax safety regulations, NTSB, Pacific Gas and Electric, PG&E, regulation, safety regulations, San Bruno
A federal safety panel blamed a series of missteps by one of the nation’s largest gas companies for the largest pipeline accident in a decade, a suburban San Francisco explosion that killed eight people and incinerated a neighborhood. Federal investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded that the horrific gas pipeline explosion that [...]
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Posted in Disaster Report, Gov
Tag result for article published on Wed January 06 2010 7:08 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: cargo plane crash, Chicago Executive Airport, Des Plaines River Road, DHS, Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Glenview Fire Department, Lear Jet, learjet, learjet crash, MABAS Division 3, NTSB, Palwaukee, plane crash response, River Road
Search with helicopters, then recovery operations — video of search and recovery operations out of staging area on River Road north of Euclid Avenue. A crash site that was difficult to find. A Lear jet on approach to Chicago Executive Airport (formerly Palwaukee Airport) crashed about 1:30 p.m. The crash site was not discovered until [...]
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Posted in FD Notebook, FIRE BLOG, FIREBLOG B
Tag result for article published on Wed January 06 2010 7:01 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: cargo plane crash, Chicago Executive Airport, DHS, Forest Preserve District of Cook County, ILEAS, Lear Jet, learjet, learjet crash, MABAS, MABAS Division 3, NTSB, Palwaukee, press conference
Press Conference update just after 4:00 p.m. at the River Road staging area for the Lear Jet crash recovery operations. MABAS (Mutual Aid Box Alarm System) CEO Jay Reardon, Village of Glenview Fire Chief Wayne Globerger, and Chicago Executive Airport Manager Dennis Rouleau provide statements and answer questions to Chicago media at press conference update [...]
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Tag result for article published on Tue January 05 2010 2:38 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: cargo plane crash, Chicago Executive Airport, DHS, Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Lear Jet, learjet, learjet crash, MABAS Division 3, NTSB, Palwaukee
Authorities say a Royal Air cargo jet that was cleared for landing crashed in a forest preserve near Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling around 2 p.m. Tuesday. It’s not immediately clear how many people were aboard and if there were injuries. UPDATE JAN 07 2010 3:45 PM: The pilot of the Royal Air Freight Learjet [...]
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