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Topic: National Transportation Safety Board

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Why pilots should sleep in the cockpit

Scott Winter, Stephen Rice - The Conversation
FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2015, file photo, a "Ride the Ducks" amphibious tour bus, right, and a charter bus remain at the scene of a fatal collision on the Aurora Bridge in Seattle. The National Transportation Safety Board meets Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, to determine the probable cause of the crash of the Ride the Ducks vehicle after it crossed the center line into oncoming traffic while driving over the bridge. It hit a charter bus full of college students, killing five. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File) (AP)

Duck Boats: Floating, rolling death trap

Sarah Okeson
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Taylor Link
(Associated Press)

Ben Nuckols
A smashed car sits in front of an apartment complex destroyed by an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas. (AP /LM Otero)

Jim Morris, Chris Hamby
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