Following a detailed investigation, the NTSB concluded that pilot error was to blame for the Atlas Air 767 freighter flight that crashed on approach to Houston in 2019

Training remains key to safety. Shown here, Boeing’s advanced 787 full-flight simulator during a training simulation

The modern simulator is an impressive machine. The visuals are stunning, and as the simulator enjoys six degrees of freedom, the result is a standard of simulation that can be frighteningly realistic.
There are now eight 787 training suites at five Boeing campuses - Seattle, Tokyo, Singapore, Shanghai, and London/Gatwick

Lead NTSB investigator Bill English receiving the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder from Southwest Airlines flight 1380, which crashed after departing from New York/LaGuardia Airport in 2018

The NTSB investigating the aftermath of an engine failure involving Southwest Airlines flight 1380

The aftermath of an incident at Jacksonville, Florida, when a Miami Air International 737 suffered a night-time runway excursion on landing in a thunderstorm

NTSB investigator John O’Callaghan records measurements of the ground marks left by the Jacksonville accident

Southwest Airlines’ flight 1380 experienced an uncontained engine failure in the left CFM56-7B engine

The aircraft, which was conducting a charter flight for the US Department of Defense, came to rest in the St Johns River, complicating post-accident investigations