List of fatal accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft in the United States

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/list-of-fatal-accidents-and-incidents-involving-commercial-aircraft-in-the-united-states

Step 2 · Questions

1. 1. What is the primary investigating body?

2. 2. What is the scope exclusions?

3. 3. What is the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and what do they do?

4. 4. Why do we study past airplane accidents?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

• Probable Cause

• Aviation Safety

• Regulatory Oversight

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.