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U.S. agency investigating Norfolk Southern's safety practices after train accidents

STORY: U.S. agency investigating Norfolk Southern's safety practices after train accidents DATELINE: March 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of NTSB investigators at the site of the train derailment (courtesy of NTSB) 2. aerial footage of the derailed freight train in East Palestine, Ohio (courtesy of NTSB) 3. various of U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's tweet STORYLINE: The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced on Tuesday "a special investigation" of Norfolk Southern Railway's organization and safety culture. The NTSB urged Norfolk Southern to take immediate action to "review and assess its safety practices," given the number and significance of recent accidents involving the company. The announcement came more than a month after a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. The Feb. 3 derailment resulted in a significant fire and hazardous materials relea

Concern grows over U.S. handling of toxic chemicals after Ohio train derailment

STORY: Concern grows over U.S. handling of toxic chemicals after Ohio train derailment DATELINE: Feb. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the derailed freight train cars (courtesy of NTSB) STORYLINE: Concern is growing over the handling of toxic chemicals by U.S. authorities after a freight train derailed in the village of East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month. About 50 Norfolk Southern freight train cars derailed on the night of Feb. 3 in East Palestine, a town of 4,800 residents near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border, due to a mechanical problem on an axle of one of the vehicles. There were a total of 20 hazardous material cars in the train, 10 of which derailed, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), a U.S. government agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation. Five of derailed hazmat cars, the NTSB said, were carrying vinyl chloride, a colorless gas that burns easily and is produced indust

Memorial ceremony held for fatal sinking of Japanese ship

HONOLULU, United States - Tatsuyoshi Mizuguchi, the father of Takeshi, one of the nine Japanese students and crew who perished in the 2001 sinking of the Japanese ship Ehime Maru by a U.S. submarine off the Hawaiian island of Oahu, addresses a memorial ceremony at a waterfront park near Honolulu on Feb. 9.

Relatives pray for Ehime Maru victims in Hawaii

HONOLULU, United States - Thirteen relatives of three people who died in the 2001 sinking of the Japanese fisheries high school training ship Ehime Maru by a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine in waters off Hawaii pray for the victims at a memorial in the Kaka'ako seaside park on Oahu Island on Feb. 9 in a ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the sinking.

Former skipper of nuke sub still seeking for forgiveness

SEATTLE, United States - Retired Navy Cmdr. Scott Waddle, captain of the 6,080-ton U.S. Navy nuclear submarine that struck and sunk the Japanese fishery school training vessel Ehime Maru off Hawaii five years ago, speaks with Kyodo News in Seattle on Feb. 9. He said he is still haunted by the memory of the accident and his sorrow and remorse for what the victims and their family suffered has never been faded.

Ehime Maru victim's parents return home with son's ashes

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Ryosuke Terata (R) and his wife Masumi (C) arrive at Matsuyama airport in Ehime Prefecture on Nov. 3 with the ashes of their son who perished in the Feb. 9 collision between a fisheries school training ship and a U.S. Navy submarine off Hawaii. Seventeen-year-old Yusuke's body was recovered from the wreckage of the Ehime Maru last month.

Kin of missing Ehime Maru students, crew arrive in Honolulu

HONOLULU, United States - Miyako Sakashima (C), the mother of Toshiya, a student whose body was recovered from the sunken Japanese fishery training ship Ehime Maru, arrives at the Honolulu International Airport on Oct. 20. A total of 11 relatives of three people whose bodies have been recovered and identified arrived in Honolulu.

Relatives of Ehime Maru student, teacher arrive in Hawaii

HONOLULU, United States - Ryosuke Terata and his wife Masumi, the parents of student Yusuke Terata who went missing in February's collision between the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru and a U.S. Navy submarine off Hawaii, arrive in Honolulu to observe work to salvage the ship. Four relatives of a missing instructor also arrived at Honolulu International Airport.

Commander of U.S. Navy in Japan meets with reporters

UWAJIMA, Japan - Rear Adm. Robert Chaplin (L), the commander of U.S. naval forces in Japan, speaks at a press conference June 16 in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture. Chaplin said the U.S. Navy is confident that the salvage of a Japanese high school fisheries training ship, which sank Feb. 9 in a collision with a U.S. Navy submarine, will be successful.

Ehime Maru kin hire lawyers for damages talks

TOKYO, Japan - Ryosuke Terata (R), whose student son Yusuke has been missing after the collision of the high school fisheries training ship Ehime Maru with a U.S. Navy submarine, meets the press in Tokyo with lawyers on May 10. Terata and other relatives of eight of 35 Japanese who were aboard the ship have appointed a group of lawyers to conduct compensation talks with the United States, and may file a lawsuit against it.

Investigation of Greeneville begins

HONOLULU, United States - Investigators from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Feb. 13 begin inspecting the 6,080-ton nuclear-powered sub Greeneville, now berthed at its home port in Honolulu, following the Feb. 9 collision with the Japanese fishery training ship Ehime Maru.

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