NTSB: Pilot Disorientation Likely Caused Fatal 2019 Louisiana Plane crash
Pilot disorientation is listed as a probable cause of the 2019 small plane crash that killed five people in south Louisiana. The Advocate reports that the National Transportation Safety Board report on...
View ArticleSafety Board Says Broken Rail Probably Caused Arizona Train Derailment
A broken rail was the probable cause of a fiery freight train derailment and subsequent bridge collapse in Arizona nearly two years ago, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a new...
View ArticleNTSB Investigating Central Texas Plane Crash That Killed 2
The National Transportation Safety Board said it is investigating a Central Texas plane crash that killed two people. Authorities say the small plane crashed near the airport in Kerrville at around 7...
View ArticleNTSB: Helicopter Descended Quickly in Deadly Crash During Severe New Mexico...
Evidence indicates that a helicopter that crashed in northern New Mexico after helping fight a wildfire over the weekend descended at a fast rate, with the craft ending up mangled and in pieces after...
View ArticleOne Dead, Three Injured in Plane Crash At Utah Airport
A small plane with four passengers crashed at a Utah airport, killing one and injuring the other three, according to city officials in Provo. The plane crashed immediately after takeoff on Monday and...
View ArticleNTSB Findings on Hawaii Airlines Turbulence That inured Passengers
A cloud shot up vertically like a plume of smoke in a matter of seconds before a Hawaiian Airlines flight last month hit severe turbulence and 25 people on board were injured, according to a...
View ArticleFamily Hurt in Helicopter Crash Suing Nevada Firm
Four family members from Australia who were injured during a crash-landing of a sightseeing helicopter in Southern Nevada in December have filed a lawsuit in the U.S. seeking more than $400,000 in...
View Article2 Killed When Plane Headed for Hawaii Crashes in Northern California
Two people were killed when a small plane headed for Hawaii crashed in the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Northern California, federal officials said Sunday. The Viking Air DHC-6-400 Twin...
View ArticleGas Leak From Bad Fitting Cited in Chocolate Factory Explosion Where 7 Died
Natural gas leaked from a defective fitting at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory where a powerful explosion leveled one building, heavily damaged another and killed seven people, federal safety...
View ArticleNorfolk Southern Falls Short of Safety Standards, Say Federal Regulators
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Norfolk Southern made improvements after one of its trains derailed, caught fire and spilled toxic chemicals near an Ohio town, but the company is nowhere near the “gold standard for...
View Article5 Died of Exposure to Chemical in Central Illinois Crash, Preliminary...
Five people died from exposure to a chemical that spilled after a semitruck overturned in central Illinois, according to autopsies. Effingham County Coroner Kim Rhodes said official results from the...
View ArticleFailure of Component Caused Washington Seaplane Crash That Killed 10, NTSB Says
U.S. investigators have confirmed that a mechanical issue caused the seaplane crash that killed 10 people off an island in Washington state last year. The National Transportation Safety Board, which...
View ArticleCaptain Likely Asleep Before Ferry Crash in Washington Last Year, Officials...
Fatigue and complacency led to a passenger and car ferry crashing into a terminal in Seattle last year, causing $10.3 million in damage to the ferry, according to the National Transportation Safety...
View ArticleColorado Train Derails, Spilling Train Cars and Coal onto Highway and Killing...
A semi-trailer truck driver was killed when a train derailed and a bridge collapsed, spewing coal and mangled train cars across a highway near Pueblo, Colorado, on Sunday, authorities said. The driver...
View ArticleFatal Hot Air Balloon Crash in Arizona May Be Linked to Faulty ‘Envelope’
An “unspecified problem” with the balloon portion of a hot air balloon may have led to Sunday’s crash in the Arizona desert that left four people dead and another critically injured, federal...
View ArticleDark Skies, Bad Weather Could Have Led to Fatal California Helicopter Crash...
Two aviation experts who reviewed newly released photos and video of last week’s helicopter crash that killed a prominent Nigerian banker and five others said the flight likely should have been...
View ArticlePresident Biden Visits East Palestine, Ohio to Assess Cleanup After Train...
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday surveyed the federal cleanup in East Palestine, Ohio, more than a year after an explosive fire from a derailed train carrying hazardous...
View ArticleNTSB Report Casts Doubt Truck’s Steering Locked in Crash That Killed Arizona...
A newly released report on a fatal crash involving a pickup truck and a group of cyclists last year near Phoenix, Ariona, casts doubt about the driver’s claim that the vehicle’s steering locked up. The...
View ArticleThree Trains in Collision and Derailment in Pennsylvania; No Injuries Reported
Authorities say three trains were involved in a collision and derailment in eastern Pennsylvania on Saturday morning that caused no reported injuries or evacuations but left some railroad cars...
View Article5 Killed, Including 3 Children, in Illinois School Bus Accident
RUSHVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Five people, including three children, were killed in western Illinois when a school bus and semitruck collided on a highway Monday, authorities said. The bus was traveling...
View ArticleNTSB Investigating Small Plane Crash in Oregon That Left ‘No Survivors’
A small plane crash in a remote area of central Oregon has killed everyone on board, local authorities said. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said a 911 call around 7:40 p.m. Sunday reported the...
View ArticleFamily of Nigerian Businessman Killed in Helicopter Crash Sues Charter Company
The family of a Nigerian business leader who died in a Southern California helicopter crash that killed five others in February filed a lawsuit claiming the flight should have been grounded because of...
View ArticleU.S. Transport Safety Board Opens Investigation Into Tesla Crash in California
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation into a crash and fire involving a Tesla electric semi-truck on a California highway, the agency said late Wednesday. The NTSB...
View Article2 Small Planes Crash in Nebraska Less Than An Hour Apart; At Least 1 Dead
CROFTON, Neb. (AP) — Two different small planes crashed into fields in northeast Nebraska Monday and killed at least one person. The two crashes happened less than half an hour apart around 9:30 a.m. A...
View ArticleDriver of Partially Automated Mustang Charged With DUI Homicide
A woman was intoxicated and using a partially automated driving system when she caused a March highway crash in Philadelphia that killed two people, authorities said as they announced homicide charges...
View ArticleOfficials Identify 2 Men Killed in Idaho Gas Station Explosion
Authorities have identified two people killed when a gas station exploded and started a fire in a remote Idaho town last week. The Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office said Brandon Cook, 53, of Orofino...
View ArticleNTSB Preliminary Report Details Fiery but Safe Emergency Landing of Plane in...
Federal investigators say an electrical system malfunctioned, the autopilot quit and some radio communications were disrupted aboard a Frontier Airlines plane shortly before the pilots made a fiery but...
View ArticleNTSB: Turbulence Hit Hawaiian Air Flight Due to Decision to Fly Over Storm Cell
A Hawaiian Airlines flight crew’s decision to fly over a hazardous storm cell instead of deviating around it was the probable cause for hitting severe turbulence that injured passengers and crewmembers...
View ArticleAircraft Caught Fire After Landing in Denver, Sending Passengers onto Wing
A fire on an American Airlines plane after it diverted mid-flight and landed at Denver International Airport sent passengers fleeing onto a wing in a fraught evacuation amid billowing clouds of smoke....
View ArticleNTSB: Deadly Crashes, Fire in Wyoming Tunnel Started With Pickup Losing Control
A series of chain-reaction crashes and a fire in a Wyoming highway tunnel that killed three people started when a pickup truck lost control and partially blocked traffic on the slick roadway, federal...
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