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Arcs in the news about National Transportation Safety Board from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Organization · 201 stories · 1,332 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 3, 2023

Right nowactive arcs, newest development first

Nothing ongoing. The last arc went quiet Aug 6.

All arcs4 named arcs in 2026

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Gone quiet · 4

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every arc in 2026 at its own dates · opens on month
Jan 1 – Oct 11, 20262 arcs shown · 2 more this year
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The Hudson River sightseeing helicopter crash that killed six

1 of 6 stories this year · gone quiet

An NYC helicopter that crashed and killed 6 last year shows signs of bird strike, safety board says · 83 articles, Jul 16
The Louisville UPS plane crash and the grounding of the MD-11

4 of 11 stories this year · gone quiet

UPS plane crash update: Part that broke failed 4 times on other aircraft years ago · 28 articles, Jan 14UPS retires fleet of MD-11 aircraft months after fatal Kentucky crash killed 15 · 7 articles, Jan 27The MD-11 cargo planes involved in last fall's deadly UPS crash in Kentucky return to the air · 6 articles, May 12Hearings to focus on why a UPS cargo plane engine fell off, causing deadly crash · 19 articles, May 19
Boeing's 737 MAX reckoning: the door plug blowout and the crash case · Jan 6, 2024 – Aug 8, 2026The collapse of Baltimore's Key Bridge and the fight over who pays · Mar 26, 2024 – May 12, 2026

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Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else49 stories in 2026 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about National Transportation Safety Board that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Sep 25– 26NTSB releases preliminary report on northwest Fresno, California plane crash that killed 4 Eady family members10 articles · 2 independent sources
    0 left, 1 center, 1 right
  2. Sep 21Pilot lost engine power before deadly crash on Maine coast2 articles · 2 independent sources
    2 left, 0 center, 0 right
  3. Sep 16– 18Video from NBC4 news helicopter is critical evidence in deadly crash investigation: NTSB4 articles · 2 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 0 right
  4. Sep 6– 10Second pilot on Amazon cargo plane that overshot runway in Miami warned about speed, NTSB says485 articles · 109 independent sources
    25 left, 56 center, 24 right
  5. Sep 4– 5MTA Track Worker Struck and Killed by Bronx Subway Train During Overnight Construction9 articles · 8 independent sources
    3 left, 4 center, 1 right
  6. Sep 3– 4NTSB releases preliminary report on crash involving Pennsylvania State Police helicopter, airplane15 articles · 5 independent sources
    0 left, 4 center, 0 right
  7. Aug 3113 hurt at Newark Airport after shuttle bus smashes into concrete wall — snarling traffic10 articles · 8 independent sources
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  8. Aug 27– 28Controllers warned Marine One pilots about communication issues week before dual takeoff, NTSB says11 articles · 9 independent sources
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  9. Aug 21Data cards retrieved from plane and helicopter that collided in deadly Pennsylvania airport crash6 articles · 6 independent sources
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  10. Aug 21– 228 dead in charter plane crash near Alaskan military site107 articles · 54 independent sources
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Stories that name National Transportation Safety Board

  1. Sep 21– 23Helicopter crew battling Dome Fire in Yosemite National Park killed in crash55 articles · 41 independent sources
    5 left, 13 center, 5 right
  2. Sep 15– 16Families of the 67 who died in last year’s midair collision want reforms to prevent the next tragedy11 articles · 11 independent sources
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  3. Sep 5– 8Husband dies after flight instructor, 2 sons killed in Sierra Sky Park plane crash in California38 articles · 12 independent sources
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  4. Sep 3– 4No sign of mechanical problems in midair collision between plane and police helicopter11 articles · 9 independent sources
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  5. Aug 27– 28White House construction contributed to radio problems that let Trump copter come close to jet23 articles · 23 independent sources
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  6. Aug 27– 30Alaska plane crash kills three from the Bay Area and local pilot24 articles · 19 independent sources
    4 left, 8 center, 3 right
  7. Aug 19– 211 dead, 2 injured after Pennsylvania state police helicopter and small plane collide91 articles · 39 independent sources
    8 left, 14 center, 5 right
  8. Aug 18– 19Georgia man charged with burglarizing NASCAR driver Greg Biffle’s home after plane crash9 articles · 8 independent sources
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  9. Aug 5– 6FAA investigates air traffic incident involving President Trump’s Marine One helicopter37 articles · 22 independent sources
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  10. Jul 16– 17Fed probe suggests Tesla’s self-driving feature wasn’t to blame in crash that killed a grandmother7 articles · 7 independent sources
    2 left, 1 center, 0 right

Local coverage

  1. Sep 24– 25Cessna flew ‘erratically’ before Labor Day crash that killed flight instructor, student2 articles · 2 independent sources
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  2. Sep 18– 19Security camera provides new images of deadly KNBC helicopter crash2 articles · 2 independent sources
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  3. Jul 10– 11Both engines flamed out before small jet crashed in June on Texas highway, according to NTSB report5 articles · 4 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 0 right
  4. May 10– 11NTSB gathering details on Frontier Airlines evacuation after plane hit and killed person in Denver19 articles · 12 independent sources
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