If a transportation tragedy is determined to be a criminal act, local law enforcement or the FBI becomes the lead investigative body. The NTSB's investigative authority relates to accidents that occur on U.S. territory or in international waters when U.S. …

The FBI and other federal agencies often are partners to the NTSB on scene, collecting evidence, taking photographs, mapping and measuring the wreckage field and generally serving as a force-multiplier for the NTSB go-team.

The NTSB may still provide technical support to the FBI in such investigations. In two high-profile examples, the NTSB sent aviation accident investigators with knowledge of aircraft structures and flight recorders to assist the FBI's criminal investigation into the murder-suicide of Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 in 1987, and the ...

Jun 20, 2013 · A four-year, $40 million investigation by the NTSB, in which the wreckage of the plane was reassembled in a hangar, concluded that an electrical short circuit ignited a spark in the central fuel...

Feb 22, 2021 · TWA Flight 800, a Boeing 747, bound for Paris, France with 230 people aboard, crashed July 17, 1996, minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport. After an exhaustive, four-year-long investigation, the NTSB determined the probable cause of the crash was an explosion in the center wing fuel tank.

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) aircraft accident investigation assistance; Aviation-related exercises and hijacking response plans involving ALA and FBI equities

Apr 15, 2024 · Much remains unknown about the cause of the crash that led to the collapse of a bridge in Baltimore. Now the FBI has joined the National Transportation Safety Board in seeking answers. The...

Sep 30, 2011 · If there is evidence that a criminal act caused the accident, NTSB investigators will shift their role and support the FBI’s on-scene efforts as circumstances require.

Oct 2, 2023 · The Safety Board does not investigate criminal activity; in the past, once it has been established that a transportation tragedy is, in fact, a criminal act, the FBI becomes the lead federal investigative body, with the NTSB providing any requested support.

Sep 8, 1997 · Recently, we've observed the "heroic" efforts of the NTSB and the unprecedented involvement of the FBI to solve the TWA 800 riddle. The current Board and its investigators are the best we've had in years.