Tag: National Transportation Safety Board

Two Agencies Cite Evidence That Hands Free Is Not Distraction Free

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Hands Free? Earlier this month, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety released a study stating that new vehicle hands free features may actually increase mental distraction. Now, a report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) finds that a 2013 truck, train collision at a highway railroad crossing in Maryland was caused in no small …

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Crash Revisited: NTSB Cites Pilot Mismanagement

It Was the Pilots The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has cited pilot mismanagement and confusion in the crash of Asiana Flight 214 in San Francisco in 2013. The Agency also blamed the system’s complexity in the accident that cost the lives of three passengers. We’ve called attention to this before (here) and care about …

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