He participated in several USAF and National Transportation Safety Board accident investigations, and worked with NASA scientists on a paper on error and aviation, his site says.

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He participated in several U.S. Air Force and National Transportation Safety Board accident investigations, and worked with NASA scientists on a paper on error and aviation, according to his resume.

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In a Transportation Safety Board of Canada accident report, investigators said the intoxicated passenger most likely "kicked the pilot's seatback forward and held it there" until the plane hit the water.

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Without treatment, sleep disorders -- like sleep apnea, which affects about 25% of transportation workers -- worsen accident risk.

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Cable cars average about an accident a month and routinely rank among the most accident-prone mass transportation modes in the country per vehicle mile traveled annually, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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Experts from the National Transportation Safety Board, which has been investigating the accident, suspect that a cargo of more than 100 oxygen generators -- which provide oxygen in case of a cabin emergency -- contributed to the fire.

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He added that officials from the National Transportation Safety Board would be handling the investigation of how the accident happened.

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"Their role is to utilize their special training to conduct a more comprehensive investigation, employing a variety of techniques in order to establish speed, analyze skid marks and other physical characteristics of the accident scene, " said John Cassidy, executive officer of the Transportation Bureau of the NYPD, at a City Council hearing in February.

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Meanwhile, the US National Transportation Safety Board said that it would not investigate Tuesday's incident, because there had not been an accident.

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