The pilot who crashed his single-engine plane into power lines in Montgomery County last month made several wrong turns and flew below minimum altitudes, according to a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board. 

For the umpteenth time, Metro’s safety culture came under fire.

Highlights from the first day of the NTSB’s hearing into the Metro smoke incident.

Questions will hopefully be answered…in June.

The NTSB has released its preliminary report of Monday’s incident.

This includes removing all the 1,000-series cars.

Good job, Metro. Keep up the good work!

“Due to a lapse in funding, NTSB staff are furloughed,” a statement on the NTSB’s website says. “The agency can only engage in those activities necessary to address imminent threats to the safety of human life or for the protection of property.”

Canadian aviation officials will take over the investigation of a collision between two small planes that killed two people Sunday in Fauquier County, Va.

It’s already against the law in the District to send text messages or speak on a phone without a hands-free device, but the National Transportation Safety Board is pushing for an across-the-board ban on the use of electronic devices in cars.