Pilots: Brakes Were On, but Plane at La Guardia Didn’t Slow
The pilots of a Delta plane that skidded off a runway at LaGuardia Airport last week during a snowstorm have told investigators that automatic systems designed to slow down the plane were not working...
View ArticleGermanwings Crash Shows Need for Protections Against Suicidal Crew Members
The suspected intentional destruction of a Germanwings jet by a pilot shows the need for new protections against suicidal crew members, a threat emerging as one of the worst in modern aviation,...
View ArticleFeds Say Chicago Transit Partly to Blame for Airport Train Derailment
Federal investigators say the Chicago Transit Authority shares in the blame for an accident last year in which a commuter train operator fell asleep and crashed into a platform at the O’Hare airport...
View ArticleNTSB: Chopper Hoist Was Spinning Before Texas Nurse’s Fatal Fall
Investigators say a hoist suspended from a medical helicopter, which was carrying a nurse and patient from a Texas hiking trail, was spinning just before the nurse fell to her death. The National...
View Article6 Killed as NYC-Bound Amtrak Train Derails in Philadelphia
Investigators are trying to find out what caused a New York-bound Amtrak train to derail in Philadelphia, killing six, injuring scores and closing part of the busiest passenger rail corridor in the...
View ArticleNTSB: Amtrak Train Was Going Double the Speed Limit Before Crash
The New York-bound Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia, killing seven and injuring more than 200, was traveling 106 miles per hour just before the accident, more than double the speed limit,...
View ArticleAmtrak Train Crash Victims Face $200M Injuries Cap Under Federal Law
There are many questions surrounding Tuesday’s Amtrak crash. The amount of money victims could receive for injuries isn’t one of them as federal law caps total rail-accident damages at $200 million....
View ArticleStudents in Deadly California Bus Crash Not Given Safety Instructions
The high school students who struggled to escape from a burning tour bus after a collision with a tractor-trailer in California last year that killed 10 never received the required safety instructions...
View ArticleAmtrak Will Resume Northeast Runs Monday as FBI Examines Engine
Amtrak will resume passenger service in the Northeast corridor on Monday, a day earlier than planned, after replacing track near Philadelphia damaged in a fatal derailment last week. The first trains...
View ArticleFederal Railroad Administration Orders Safety Improvements for Amtrak
Federal regulators ordered Amtrak, the U.S. passenger rail service, to immediately improve safety on its Northeast Corridor route from Washington to Boston. Amtrak must expand the use of technology to...
View ArticleAmtrak Sued by Train Crash Victims Over Deadly Derailment
Six passengers on an Amtrak train that derailed May 12 in Philadelphia, killing eight and injuring more than 200, sued the railroad claiming the accident could have been avoided. The first of the...
View ArticleUnions Urge Amtrak to Put 2nd Crew Member in Locomotives
The union for Amtrak’s locomotive engineers urged the railroad on Tuesday to put a second crew member at the controls of trains on the busy Northeast Corridor, where a derailment killed eight people...
View ArticleWal-Mart Settles With Tracy Morgan Over Turnpike Crash Suit
Tracy Morgan and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. settled the actor-comedian’s lawsuit over a New Jersey Turnpike crash that had left him in a coma for days and killed another comedian. Morgan was riding in a van...
View Article2014 Houston Ship Channel Collision, Spill Blamed on Tugboat
A tugboat captain’s decision to try to beat a cargo ship into the Houston Ship Channel is the probable cause of a 2014 collision that spilled 168,000 gallons of oil that drifted up to 200 miles down...
View ArticleTruck Driver in Deadly Tennessee Crash Cited in Florida Previous Day
Authorities say a truck driver who slammed into numerous stopped cars outside of Chattanooga, Tenn., last week, killing six, had been cited for careless driving in Florida the previous day. According...
View ArticleNational Transportation Safety Board to Hold Hearing on Tracy Morgan Crash
Federal investigators will meet this week to determine the probable cause of the accident that injured actor-comedian Tracy Morgan and killed one of his friends. The National Transportation Safety...
View ArticleMost Small Railroads to Miss Brake Safety Deadline, Says NHTSA
Only a small number of U.S. railroads will meet the Dec. 31 deadline for implementing new train safety technology that experts say would have prevented the deadly May 12 Amtrak derailment in...
View ArticleU.S. Safety Board Focuses on Driver Fatigue in Tracy Morgan Crash
A Wal-Mart Stores Inc. driver who struck a limo van carrying comic Tracy Morgan last year had been awake for 28 hours and worked almost 14 hours at the time of the accident, U.S. investigators found....
View ArticleU.S. Safety Board Criticizes Emergency Response in Tracy Morgan Crash
Federal safety officials who reviewed a highway crash in New Jersey that badly injured comedian Tracy Morgan and killed a friend were sharply critical of the emergency response to it and are urging the...
View ArticleBNSF Seeks Delay in Lawsuit over North Dakota Derailment
A lawyer for BNSF says a civil lawsuit against the railway over a derailment near Casselton, N.D., nearly two years ago should be put on hold until it can be determined whether a broken axel was the...
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