The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has included improving the safety of public helicopter operations, preventing loss of control–in flight accidents in general aviation and strengthening procedural compliance among commercial air transport pilots on its Most Wanted List for 2015. On an annual basis, NTSB updates its list of the top 10 areas that need safety improvements.
“The Most Wanted List is our roadmap for 2015,” said NTSB Acting Chairman Christopher A. Hart, in releasing the list on Jan. 13. “We want it to be a roadmap for policy makers and legislators as well. These are safety improvements for which the time is ripe for action.” In addition to aviation, the list covers safety issues concerning rail transportation, trucking and other surface transportation, and mass transit.
The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada recently updated its Watchlist of issues that it says pose the greatest risk to Canada’s marine, …
