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A firefighter attends to people on a bus to assess triage needs after people were evacuated from a smoke-filled Metro subway tunnel in Washington, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. Metro officials say one of the busiest stations in downtown Washington has been evacuated because of smoke.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

D.C. officials defend responders after deadly Metro incident

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Firefighters stand outside a house in Gaithersbug, Md., Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, where a small plane crashed. A small, private jet has crashed into a house in Maryland's Montgomery County, and a fire official says at least three people on board were killed. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

6 dead after plane crashes into Montgomery County house

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2013 file photo, a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 jet aircraft is surrounded by emergency vehicles while parked at a terminal E gate at Logan International Airport in Boston as a fire chief looks into the cargo hold. A report by federal accident investigators points to a manufacturing defect as the likely cause of an internal short circuit that led to a battery fire in a Boeing 787 airliner parked at Boston's airport last year. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report released Monday says an inspection of the manufacturing plant in Japan where the battery was made found that flaws and debris in lithium-ion aircraft batteries were going undetected. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

NTSB points to battery defect in Boeing 787 fire

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014, file photo, wreckage lies near the site where a Virgin Galactic space tourism rocket, SpaceShipTwo, exploded and crashed in Mojave, Calif. The surviving pilot of the Virgin Galactic spaceship that tore apart over the Mojave Desert was thrown clear of the disintegrating craft and did not know his co-pilot had prematurely unlocked the re-entry braking system, federal investigators said Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

NTSB: Pilot thrown free as spaceship broke apart

By Justin Pritchard - Associated Press

Law enforcement officers take a closer look at the wreckage near the site where a Virgin Galactic space tourism rocket, SpaceShipTwo, exploded and crashed in Mojave, Calif. Saturday, Nov 1, 2014. The explosion killed a pilot aboard and seriously injured another while scattering wreckage in Southern California's Mojave Desert, witnesses and officials said. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Virgin spaceship’s descent system deployed early

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Acting Chairman Christopher A. Hart speaks in a press conference on the crash of SpaceShipTwo on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014 in Mojave, Calif. The explosion killed a pilot aboard and seriously injured another while scattering wreckage in Southern California's Mojave Desert, witnesses and officials said. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Spaceship’s descent device deployed prematurely

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

Pipes carrying liquid natural gas, or LNG, and electrical lines run toward a storage tank at the Distrigas liquid natural-gas plant in Everett, Mass. Some energy experts say there is sufficient liquid natural-gas storage capacity in the U.S. to make natural gas a good choice for serving the nation's energy needs until other energy sources become more common.

Report: Corroding gas pipes pose explosion risk

By KALA KACHMAR - Associated Press

** FILE ** This July 11, 2012, aerial file photo shows a freight train after an early morning derailment in Columbus, Ohio. Part of the freight train carrying ethanol derailed and caught fire, shooting flames skyward into the darkness and prompting the evacuation of a mile-wide area as firefighters and hazardous materials crews monitored the blaze. (AP Photo/The Columbus Dispatch, Eamon Queeney)

Broken rail blamed for 2012 Ohio train derailment

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National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) member Robert Sumwalt holds up a document during a hearing at the NTSB in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. The NTSB was meeting to discuss UPS Flight 1354 plane crash. The UPS plane, an Airbus A300-600F, crashed shortly before dawn on Aug. 14, 2013, as it was preparing to land in Birmingham. It hit trees and a utility pole before slamming into a hillside and bursting into flames. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Draft study: More pilots test positive for drugs

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator Katherine Wilson testifies about pilot fatigue during a hearing at the NTSB in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. The NTSB was meeting to discuss UPS Flight 1354 plane crash. The UPS plane, an Airbus A300-600F, crashed shortly before dawn on Aug. 14, 2013, as it was preparing to land in Birmingham. It hit trees and a utility pole before slamming into a hillside and bursting into flames. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Draft study: More pilots test positive for drugs

By JOAN LOWY - Associated Press

In this Sept. 24, 2012 file photo shows a couple parasailing off Miami Beach, Fla. Parasailing is risky and should be better regulated by the Coast Guard and other entitites, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded in a report issued Tuesday, July 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Tony Winton, File)

Feds want parasailing regulated; 73 accidental deaths recorded after 130M rides

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FILE - In this July 6, 2013 aerial file photo, the wreckage of Asiana Flight 214 lies on the ground after it crashed at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. Nearly a year after Asiana Flight 214 crashed while landing in San Francisco, the National Transportation Safety Board is meeting to determine what went wrong, who's to blame and how to prevent future accidents. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

NTSB: Asian plane crash due to pilot mismanagement

By Joan Lowy and Martha Mendoza - Associated Press

In this Jan. 7, 2013, file photo, a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 jet aircraft is surrounded by emergency vehicles while parked at a Terminal E gate at Logan International Airport in Boston as a fire chief looks into the cargo hold. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

Report: FAA too reliant on Boeing for battery test

By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ - Associated Press

NTSB issues report on deadly Va. balloon crash

By STEVE SZKOTAK - Associated Press

US officials urge closer Metro-North rail exam

By STEPHEN SINGER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2013 photo, Metro North Railroad engineer William Rockefeller is wheeled on a stretcher away from the area where the commuter train he was operating derailed, killing four people, in the Bronx borough of New York. The deadly derailment last year, in which the “dazed” engineer was found to have sleep apnea, has pushed the commuter railroad to look into establishing screening for the condition, which could include measuring operators’ necks and asking them and their spouses about snoring habits. A Metro-North spokesman confirmed the railroad that serves New York City’s northern suburbs is working with unions on sleep apnea screening, but he cautioned nothing has been decided.(AP Photo/Robert Stolarik, File)

Train derailment fuels sleep apnea screening talks

By JIM FITZGERALD - Associated Press

Airline CEO says safety changes are underway

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Authorities identify woman killed in plane crash

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NTSB investigating Arizona plane crash

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San Francisco Bay crash pilot wanted to pass

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