NTSB -- NTSB RELEASES 2009 ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS

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NTSB PRESS RELEASE

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National Transportation Safety Board

Washington, DC 20594

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 1, 2010

SB-10-26

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NTSB RELEASES 2009 ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Transportation Safety Board

today delivered its 2009 Annual Report to Congress, which

provides a comprehensive accounting of ongoing and completed

investigations, as well as other agency activities. The

report also highlights successes for the Most Wanted List of

Transportation Safety Improvements.

“The NTSB is dedicated to executing thorough accident

investigations and issuing recommendations for improved

transportation safety,” said Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman.

“The report issued today shows this dedication through

detailed and clear accounts of our work and achievements in

2009.”

New to the 2009 report are enhanced features that illustrate

the scope and complexity of the NTSB’s work. Among these

features are: maps of regional office locations in addition

to investigation launch-site maps; additional information

describing how non-investigative units support the NTSB

mission; key industry facts showing the impact and breadth

of completed agency work; and updated “At A Glance” boxes

calling out the status of recommendations, investigation and

report production statistics, and staff demographics.

Among the highlights from the year’s activity described in

the report are that the NTSB issued 240 new safety

recommendations across all transportation modes. Closed

recommendations encompass 42 aviation, 10 highway, 14

marine, 6 railroad, and 2 pipeline safety improvements.

During 2009, the NTSB also initiated 13 major accident

launches and released 19 major investigative reports.

A copy of the 2009 Annual Report to Congress may be found at

http://www.ntsb.gov/Publictn/2010/SPC1001.htm.

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