factual information Monday about the agency’s ongoing investigation into © 2020 WBNS-TV. The NTSB will determine the probable cause of the accident. The fire started Wednesday in Rainbow Canyon – an area about 150 miles northeast of Las Vegas. The two single-engine Air Tractor AT8T airplanes collided in midair around 1 p.m. Thursday during firefighting activities to suppress the Bishop Fire, according to Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Claire Morville.The planes were involved in the firefighting operation, and one person was aboard each aircraft, Morville said. The incident is under investigation. Recovery operations are still underway and initial notifications are still being made. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate, he said.The crash was the third fatal crash involving a small plane on Long Island this year.A pilot died May 30 when his vintage plane went down in a wooded area.Four people were killed on June 2 when a twin-engine Piper Navajo crashed off Amagansett during a storm.Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings.A small private plane carrying three people crashed into the ocean off the coast of Long Island on Saturday, officials said. "It's still a search and recovery at this point," Quogue Village Police Chief Christopher Isola said at a news conference late Saturday afternoon, according to Newsday. who is corporate director of medical surveillance for Boston-based OccMed Consulting and Injury Care.“There are some medical examiners that are quite diligent in performing the exams, and they would do the appropriate screening for sleep apnea,” Morris told Transport Topics. following its investigation of the Feb. 11, 2018, release of compressed
A National Transportation Safety Board investigation concluded that lack of a “robust medical certification evaluation process” on the federal level to identify and treat commercial drivers at high risk for obstructive sleep apnea was one of three safety issues that contributed to a fatal, multivehicle heavy truck-involved crash in 2018.The agency in its report said it has wanted the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to take stronger action on screening for OSA for more than 10 years; the issue has been on the Two more issues on the list — collision avoidance systems and truck driver fatigue — also were cited by NTSB as contributing factors in the crash, which occurred in Elmhurst, Ill., and involved three tractor-trailers and four cars. — NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) November 30, 2019 This content is imported from Facebook. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) tweeted that it will be investigating. Friday for its ongoing investigation of the fatal, Jan. 26, 2020, helicopter Hear a snippet, above, and get the full program by going to But even when sleep apnea is properly identified in an exam, some physicians don’t require treatment follow-up such as using the CPAP, he said.Morris added that sleep apnea treatment works well for drivers when they are at the low-risk stage, but left untreated risk is elevated.He noted that a 2016 FMCSA advance notice of proposed rulemaking on the issue was withdrawn in 2017. 28, 2020, 9:30 a.m. (EDT), to determine the probable cause of the fatal,...WASHINGTON (April 23, 2020) — The National Transportation Safety Board announced Thursday its intention to hold a board meeting May 19, 2020, 9:30 a.m. (EDT),...WASHINGTON (April 20, 2020) — The NTSB announced Monday the recategorization of three more safety recommendations from the agency’s 2019 – 2020 Most Wanted List...WASHINGTON (April 16, 2020) — The National Transportation Safety Board announced Thursday its intention to hold a board meeting April 28, 2020, 9:30 a.m. (EDT),...WASHINGTON (April 7, 2020) —The National Transportation Safety Board released Tuesday the abstract of the final report for its investigation of the fatal, Oct. 30,...WASHINGTON (March 24, 2020) — In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing guidance set by the Office of Management and Budget, the National...WASHINGTON (March 24, 2020) — The National Transportation Safety Board determined Tuesday an Archer Daniels Midland Company rail tank car, while stationed at a CSX...WASHINGTON (March 19, 2020) — The National Transportation Safety Board published Thursday its final reports for its investigation of the fatal March 23, 2018, crash...WASHINGTON (March 10, 2020) — The National Transportation Safety Board announced Tuesday its intention to hold a board meeting April 7, 2020, 9:30 a.m. (EDT),...WASHINGTON (March 10, 2020) — The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday the prevalence of prescription, over-the-counter and illicit drugs found in bodies of fatally...WASHINGTON (Feb. 25, 2020) — The National Transportation Safety Board held a public board meeting Tuesday during which it determined the probable cause for the...WASHINGTON (Feb. 24 2020) — Hazardous materials incident response planning and pipeline safety recently were enhanced as two more safety recommendations from the NTSB’s 2019...WASHINGTON (Feb. 24, 2020) — The public board meeting for the Mountain View, California, Tesla crash, scheduled for 9:30 a.m. (EST) Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020,...WASHINGTON (Feb. 20, 2020) — The National Transportation Safety Board is scheduled to hold a board meeting Feb. 25, 2020, 9:30 a.m. (EST), to determine...WASHINGTON (Feb. 20, 2020) — The National Transportation Safety Board called Thursday for a comprehensive effort to improve aviation safety in Alaska, a region with a...WASHINGTON (Feb. 18, 2020) — The National Transportation Safety Board issued two Safety Alerts Tuesday; one alerting pilots and mechanics to an easily overlooked fault...WASHINGTON (Feb. 11, 2020) — The National Transportation Safety Board released Tuesday new factual information via the public docket for two Tesla accident investigations –...The National