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NTSB to send a technical specialist to examine Tesla Model S battery fire
•US regulator to send an observer for Tesla Model S battery fire examination
Uber had disabled emergency braking in the self-driving car that killed woman in Arizona in March: Report
•NTSB in a preliminary report said that Uber had disabled the emergency braking system which caused the fatal accident of a woman in Arizona in March
Investigation begins in Tesla's electric car crash which killed two teens and injured another
•The NTSB said it will investigate the crash that took place on 8 May of a 2014 Tesla Model S that was reportedly traveling at high speed when it struck a wall and caught fire
Southwest Airlines aircraft has mid-flight engine failure: One dead in first US commercial airline accident in 9 years
•An engine on a Southwest Airlines flight with 149 people aboard exploded mid-air, killing one passenger and nearly sucking another out of a window that was shattered by shrapnel
Tesla lashes out at National Transportation Safety Board after it was removed from the Model X crash investigation
•Driver Walter Huang died after a March 23 crash and vehicle fire in a Tesla Model X near Mountain View, California,
US NTSB opens investigation into the fatal crash of a Model X last week; Tesla stocks take a hit
•The California Highway Patrol said the electric-powered Tesla Model X crashed into a freeway divider on Friday.
Kathmandu plane crash: Lack of investigative expertise and follow up leaves passengers on a wing and prayer
Bikram Vohra •According to a list released by sleepingairports.net, Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport is among the world's worst airports — but that list was put out not long after the devastating earthquake which battered Nepal.
US train mishap: Amtrak blames freight rail operator after crash kills two, injures over 100 in South Carolina
•Amtrak blamed a freight rail operator for causing a crash that killed two people and injured more than 100 others when one of its passenger trains was diverted onto a side track
US safety board to conduct field investigation on Tesla vehicle, fire truck accident
•The Culver City, California fire department said in a Twitter post that on Monday an engine was struck by a Tesla “travelling at 65 mph.
US Transportation Safety Board to vote for hearing on probable cause of Tesla car crash in May 2016
•The fatal incident raised question about the safety of Tesla systems that can perform driving tasks for long stretches with little or no human intervention.