National Transportation Safety Board: Difference between revisions

The '''National Transportation Safety Board''' ('''NTSB''') is an [[Independent agencies of the United States government|independent U.S. government investigative agency]] responsible for civil transportation [[accident investigation]]. In this role, the NTSB investigates and reports on [[aviation accidents and incidents]], certain types of [[car accident|highway crashes]], [[ship transport|ship and marine accidents]], [[pipeline transport|pipeline incidents]], [[list of bridge failures|bridge failures]], and [[railroad accident]]s.<ref name="49 USC 1131">{{usc|49|1131}}</ref> The NTSB is also in charge of investigating cases of [[hazardous materials]] releases that occur during transportation. The agency is based in [[Washington, D.C.]] It has four regional offices, located in [[Anchorage, Alaska]]; [[Denver, Colorado]]; [[Ashburn, Virginia]]; and [[Seattle, Washington]].<ref name="Archives Inspection">{{cite web |url=https://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/resources/ntsb-inspection.pdf |title=Records Management Oversight Inspection Report 2014 |author=Office of the Chief Records Officer |publisher=[[National Archives and Records Administration]] |date=December 19, 2014 |access-date=December 20, 2015 |archive-date=March 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315214421/https://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/resources/ntsb-inspection.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The agency also operated a national training center at its Ashburn facility.<ref name="NTSB Training Center">{{cite web |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/training_center/Pages/TrainingCenter.aspx |title=NTSB Training Center |publisher=National Transportation Safety Board |access-date=December 20, 2015 |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222154152/http://www.ntsb.gov/training_center/Pages/TrainingCenter.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>