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In this Feb. 3, 2011, photo, the cockpit of Boeings' new 787 Dreamliner is photographed in Houston. Pilots are becoming so reliant on the computer systems that do most of the flying in today&#8217;s airliners that on the rare occasions when something goes wrong, they&#8217;re sometimes unprepared to take control, according to aviation safety experts and government and industry studies. Increasing automation has been a tremendous safety boon to aviation, contributing to historically low accident rates in the U.S. and many parts of the world. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Pilot decries autopilot: ‘We’re a piece of luggage’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The wreckage of a plane that crashed on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013, near St. Marys, Alaska, is pictured the next day. Authorities said the pilot and three passengers died when the single-engine turboprop Cessna 208 went down, but few other details, including the possible cause of the crash, are known. (AP Photo/Alaska State Troopers)

NTSB officials trying to reach site of Alaska plane crash

Associated Press

National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Deborah Hersman calls Thursday for a probe of the government agency charged with ensuring the safety of tour buses, saying its own look into four crashes that killed 25 people raises "serious questions" about how well the agency is doing its job. (Associated press)

NTSB castigates tour bus operators for safety violations

By Matthew Lounsberry - The Washington Times

Law enforcement officers stage near a dirt road along Highway 64 in Fayette County near Somerville, Tenn. about a mile and a half north of where a Hospital Wing helicopter crashed in a densely wooded area killing the pilot, Charles Smith, nurse Carrie Barlow and respiratory therapist Denise Adamson Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Mike Brown)

NTSB continues probe of Tenn. helicopter crash

By Bruce Schreiner and Travis Loller - Associated Press

A Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer looks out from a car of a train that struck and killed two workers along Jones Road in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/The Mercury News, Dan Rosenstrauch)

Feds to listen to audio in San Francisco Bay Area rail deaths

By Lisa Leff and Tracie Cone - Associated Press

Washington Nationals fans flood the Navy Yard metro station on their way to see the Washington Nationals play the the Miami Marlins on opening day, in Washington, DC., Monday, April 1, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

NTSB won’t investigate fatal Metro accident because of government shutdown

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

The wreckage of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 is pictured after it crashed while landing at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco on Saturday, July 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

TV station reports bogus pilot names in San Francisco crash

Associated Press

**FILE** FBI agents and New York state police guard the reconstruction of TWA Flight 800 in Calverton, N.Y., on Nov. 19, 1997. Flight 800 exploded and crashed July 17, 1996, while flying from New York to Paris, killing all 230 people aboard. An FBI investigation has concluded that there is no evidence that the crash was the result of a criminal act. (Associated Press)

‘TWA Flight 800’ filmmaker: ‘Solid proof’ aircraft was shot down

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a train derailment near Rockview, Mo., on Saturday, May 25, 2013. The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into the cause of a cargo train collision that partially collapsed a highway overpass in southeast Missouri, injuring seven people. (AP Photo/The Southeast Missourian, Fred Lynch)

Second bridge collapse sends NTSB to Missouri scene

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Damaged rail cars lie on the ground near Rockview, Mo., on Saturday, May 25, 2013. Authorities say a highway overpass collapsed when derailed rail cars slammed into one of the bridge's pillars after two freight trains collided. (AP Photo/KFVS, Michael Mohundro)

Missouri highway overpass collapses after derailed train cars hit supports

Associated Press

A Japan Airlines Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" jet aircraft is surrounded by emergency vehicles while parked at a Terminal E gate at Logan International Airport in Boston on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, following a fire that started in one of the plane's lithium ion batteries. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

NTSB probes safety testing of Boeing 787 batteries

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

** FILE ** This photo provided by the National Transportation Safety Board, shows the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed near Mosby, Mo., on Aug. 26, 2011. The pilot of an emergency medical helicopter may have been distracted by text messages when he failed to refuel his helicopter and misjudged how far he could fly before running out of fuel. (AP Photo/NTSB)

Government probes case of texting helicopter pilot

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

NTSB says pilot lost control in OSU plane crash

By CHUCK BARTELS - Associated Press

TV production helicopter crash in Calif described

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Feb. 3, 2011, file photo, Boeings' new 787 Dreamliner takes off from Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. While Boeing’s 787 Dreamliners are grounded, the batteries causing airliner’s troubles can still fly. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)

Boeing’s 787 Dreamliners grounded, but batteries can fly

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

A Japan Airlines Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" jet aircraft is surrounded by emergency vehicles while parked at a Terminal E gate at Logan International Airport in Boston on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, following a fire that started in one of the plane's lithium ion batteries. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Aviation technology advances; FAA tries to keep up

By David Koenig - Associated Press

Report: Plane fixed before crash with OSU coaches

By JEANNIE NUSS - Associated Press

** FILE ** This photo provided by the National Transportation Safety Board shows a post-accident view of the vehicles from a wrong-way collision in Fountain, Colo., on Sept. 24, 2011. Hundreds of people are killed each a year when drivers turn the wrong way into the face of oncoming traffic on high-speed highways, and a majority of the crashes involves drivers with blood alcohol levels more than twice the legal limit, a federal accident researcher said. (Associated Press/National Transportation Safety Board)

NTSB: Use ignition locks for all drunken drivers

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

Jenni Rivera, Mexican music star, confirmed dead

By ADRIANA GOMEZ and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN - Associated Press

NTSB: singer Rivera dead in Mexican plane crash

By PORFIRIO IBARRA and GALIA GARCIA-PALAFOX - Associated Press