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NTSB Holding Family Assistance Symposium

Panel discussions during the March 28-29 event will help the transportation industry, the media, and investigative agencies learn how families are helped after accidents around the world.

EU Planning Air Traffic for 2030 Needs

Transport planners, airlines, and airport managers are using the estimate of 16.9 million flights as they plan air traffic control for the future.

FRA Sets Meeting on Exempted Hazmat Movements

The Feb. 22 public meeting in Washington, D.C., is part of the agency’s review of its steadily increasing approvals for movements of damaged packages or leaking tank cars that are not in compliance with hazardous materials regulations.

Moscow Airport Explosion Death Toll Rises to 35

Reports posted by the Itar-Tass news service say about 130 people were injured by the explosion in a baggage claim area at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport at 4:32 p.m. Monday local time.

Total EU Phone Ban While Driving Sought

Every Member State except Sweden already requires hands-free devices if they are used while driving, but the European Transport Safety Council's recent report recommends a complete ban on mobile phone use, including hands-free.

New FAA Rule Requires Crew Resource Management Training for Charter Airlines

Air carriers affected by the final rule must establish initial and recurrent CRM training for crewmembers within two years of the effective date of the rule.

ALPA said the EASA proposal would prohibit airlines from scheduling pilots to be on duty for longer than 14 hours in a day, with overnight duty periods limited to 12 hours.

Rule Would Limit EU Flight Crews' Duty Hours

Proposed by the European Air Safety Agency for adoption in April 2012, the rule is similar to FAA's September 2010 proposed reduction of duty hours. Comments on the EASA rule are due by March 20.

Covering cargo trailers and rail cars, the training will include ammonia properties and emergency response and first aid for releases.

Nationwide Anhydrous Ammonia Training Tour Starts Feb. 15

Several organizations are working with TRANSCAER, the voluntary national program helping responders and communities prepare for hazmat transportation incidents, as it begins a yearlong training effort in Stockton, Calif.



DOT Issues New Rule Aimed at Reducing Occupant Ejections in Vehicles

Under the new rule, vehicle manufacturers must develop a countermeasure for light passenger vehicles under 10,000 pounds that prevents the equivalent of an unbelted adult from moving more than 4 inches past the side window opening in the event of a crash.

Airbus Starts Company to Support New Air Traffic Systems

FAA's NextGen and the Single European Sky program are two that Airbus ProSky will assist, according to the company's announcement.

Reducing driver distractions is an initial focus of the planned research center.

Toyota Announces Ann Arbor Safety Research Center

The Collaborative Safety Research Center's charter partners are the University of Michigan, Virginia Tech, and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute. Reducing driver distractions is an initial focus, and proposals from others on advanced automotive safety will be invited.

2011 Miss America contestant Loren Vaillancourt, Miss South Dakota

DOT Secretary, State Farm Pulling for Miss South Dakota

Secretary Ray LaHood supports contestant Loren Vaillancourt's efforts to educate young drivers about the dangers of distractions as they drive, and he's asking Americans who are inspired by her message to vote for her video before voting closes Thursday. State Farm's Teen Driver Safety Facebook is featuring her video and posts.

The Coast Guard said the 2009 reported data indicate the industry-wide positive rate was 1.03 percent.

Maritime Random Drug Testing Rate Remains 50 Percent

The Coast Guard published the 2011 testing rate Monday. If maritime employers had recorded an overall positive rate below 1.0 percent for two consecutive years, it could have been lowered.

This Official U.S. Marine Corps photo taken by by GySgt. Chad Kiehl shows the Jan. 10, 2011, snow that caused Camp Lejeune to shut down for the day, except for essential personnel for the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Camp Pendleton Warns Marine Motorcyclists on Lane Sharing

Instructors at the Marine Corps base at Camp Pendleton, Calif., tell motorcyclists that lane sharing is unsafe, even though it is not illegal. On the other coast, local traffic patrols have increased at the main gates of Camp Lejeune.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, right, receives a yellow road safety tag from Ambassador H.E. Fuad Al Hinai, the ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman to the UN.

Decade of Action for Road Safety Kicks Off Soon

This worldwide campaign launches May 11 and has big-name support. The goal: Reducing traffic deaths 50 percent by 2020.

NTSB Issues Recommendations for Emergency Locator Transmitters

The agency issued the recommendations following the Aug. 9 plane crash that killed former Sen. Ted Stevens and five other passengers.

OSHA Orders Connecticut Railroad Co. to Compensate Whistleblower

OSHA has ordered the railroad, which provides commuter rail service in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey, to take corrective action and pay the worker $80,500 in punitive damages and attorney's fees.

2011 is the centennial year for ASSE, and the association plans a big celebration at its conference.

ASSE's 'Century of Safety' Film Debuts

Beginning with the Triangle Shirtwaist fire in New York City, the 21-minute film "tells the story of how and why we are safer at work today" and how the occupational safety, health, and environmental profession developed.

FAA Fines American Eagle Airlines $330,000 for Broken Seats, Armrests

FAA alleges American Eagle mechanics failed to note broken passenger seats and armrests on two aircraft during a Dec. 18, 2008, inspection and did not follow the approved maintenance manual instructions during those inspections.

Study Finds Obesity Increases Risk of Death in Severe Vehicle Crash

Moderately and morbidly obese persons face many health issues--heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, stroke, gallbladder disease, and others. Now, increased chances of dying while driving during a severe auto accident can be added to the list.

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