NTSB: Car Carrying Oklahoma Teens Made Rolling Stop Before Fatal Crash
A small, four-seat, car carrying six Oklahoma teenagers reportedly failed to come to a full stop before entering an intersection where it was hit by a large truck, killing all of the teens, the...
View ArticleNTSB: 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...
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