In October, months before the East Palestine derailment, the company also directed a train to keep moving with an overheated wheel that caused it to derail miles later in Sandusky, Ohio. — Read on http://www.propublica.org/article/norfolk-southern-policy-safety-alerts-east-palestine-derailment
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A Norfolk Southern Contractor Is Testing East Palestine Homes — ProPublica
Last month, Brenda Foster stood on the railroad tracks at the edge of her yard in East Palestine, Ohio, and watched a smoky inferno billow from the wreckage of a derailed train. The chemicals it was carrying — and the fire that consumed them — were so toxic that the entire area had to evacuate. … Continue reading A Norfolk Southern Contractor Is Testing East Palestine Homes — ProPublica
East Palestine: The Forgotten Rail Workers
The trains must go through! As you might imagine, there was quite a mess to clean up in order to get the rail line running again through East …East Palestine: The Forgotten Rail Workers
East Palestine Part 2: Politics and the Road Ahead
Continued from Part 1: The Causes The Politics: Continued Warfare or a New Age of Bipartisanship? The politics of the East Palestine rail disaster …East Palestine Part 2: Politics and the Road Ahead
East Palestine Part 1: The Causes
Please excuse the length of this post. But once I went down the rabbit hole, I couldn’t get out. To make it seem shorter, I’ve divided it into two …East Palestine Part 1: The Causes
East Palestine’s Record of Devastating Train Derailments
From the March 2, 1970, edition of the Salem News, via Newspapers.com Tyler Buchanan, author of Axios Columbus Long before the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern derailment exposed East Palestine to hazardous chemicals, residents suffered from a series of devastating rail car derailments that destroyed businesses, ruined local infrastructure and often left the city stuck paying … Continue reading East Palestine’s Record of Devastating Train Derailments
Not Just An Accident – by Dan Rather and Elliot Kirschner
The East Palestine, Ohio, derailment of a freight train carrying hazardous materials has become headline news because of a potent mixture of health, politics, and the health of our politics. But might something good come from it? We need to find out everything that happened. And that starts with an investigation into the practices and … Continue reading Not Just An Accident – by Dan Rather and Elliot Kirschner
The East Palestine Disconnect
So Donald Trump visited East Palestine, Ohio, yesterday. Visiting the scene of the crime is what immediately came to mind when I saw him arrive in “…The East Palestine Disconnect
Breaking Barriers for Women in Aviation—Now is the Time
By Chair Jennifer Homendy NOW is the time to break barriers for women in aviation. I shared this call to action with lawmakers earlier this month …Breaking Barriers for Women in Aviation—Now is the Time
Episode 54: Women in Aviation
In this episode of Behind-the-Scene @NTSB we talk with Senior Air Traffic Control Investigator Betty Koschig and Senior Aviation Accident Analyst …Episode 54: Women in Aviation
Commemorating Air Crash Victims and Honoring Families, Every Day
By Elias Kontanis, Chief, Transportation Disaster Assistance Division Last year, for the first time, the international aviation community observed …Commemorating Air Crash Victims and Honoring Families, Every Day
40 Years Later, The Marine Electric Sinking Remembered
By James Scheffer, Strategic Advisor, NTSB Office of Marine Safety It’s been 40 years since the large bulk carrier SS Marine Electric tragically sank…40 Years Later, The Marine Electric Sinking Remembered
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