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The National Transportation Safety Board held a news conference at 8 p.m. to provide an update on the Baltimore bridge collapse.

There were hazaradous materials on board the ship that ran into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, and some HAZMAT containers were breached, NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy said on Wednesday.

The NTSB described data retrieved from the Dali's 'black box' in the minutes before it crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge early on Tuesday.

The two pilots of a mammoth cargo ship that crashed into and destroyed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge are expected to be interviewed by authorities Thursday as crews prepare for a risky salvage mission ahead.

Two weeks after taking the oath of office for NTSB, former mayor Alvin Brown is helping with investigation of Baltimore bridge collision.

A black box recovered from the wreck of the ship that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore shows it sent alarms and ordered the anchor to drop shortly before the collision.

As bodies of two missing workers were recovered, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg pledges a united effort to reopen the Port of Baltimore as soon as possible amid an NTSB full investigation.

BALTIMORE — An investigation into the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge is expected to determine what caused this catastrophe and provide new details on why the outbound cargo ship Dali collided with the bridge. Jennifer Homendy, the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, said the independent federal agency would lead the investigation, with support from the U.S. ...

Jennifer Homendy said a small team boarded the vessel late Tuesday night.

The collision of three Norfolk Southern trains in Pennsylvania early this month highlights the shortcomings of the automated braking system that was created to prevent such crashes.