Safety officials want faster reporting of aviation incidents
Safety officials say a near collision of airliners in San Francisco last year was a few feet from becoming the worst crash in aviation history and underscores the need for faster reporting of dangerous incidents before evidence is lost.
The National Transportation Safety Board issued a ...
Pilot injured after crash-landing at airport near Salem
INDEPENDENCE, Ore. (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are investigating a plane crash at the Independence State Airport that left the pilot with minor injuries.
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Agency seeks anti-lock brakes on all new US road motorcycles
DETROIT (AP) — A federal safety agency is recommending that all new motorcycles built for road use in the U.S. have anti-lock brakes and electronic stability control as standard equipment.
The National Transportation Safety Board voted 5-0 on Tuesday to make the recommendations to the ...
Investigator: Pilot hit power lines, canyon before crash
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — An investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board says a California pilot hit power lines and smashed his aircraft into a canyon before he came crashing down into the Colorado River.
Air Safety Investigator Aaron Sauer said Thursday that 59-year-old ...
NTSB quizzes officials on deadly Washington train wreck
SEATTLE (AP) — Federal safety investigators on Tuesday questioned transportation officials about last year’s Amtrak train derailment south of Seattle that killed three people and injured dozens, focusing some questions on the curve where the train derailed.
The Amtrak train was recorded at ...
Investigators grill train company about deadly crash in SC
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal investigators on Tuesday grilled train company executives about a deadly South Carolina crash that happened earlier this year, asking officials with the company that owns the tracks about changes within the company in the months leading up to the crash.
For ...
Death Toll in VA Helicopter Crash Rises to Two
Fatality reported after Alaska midair crash; 1 pilot safe
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A midair collision Wednesday sent a small airplane plummeting into Alaska’s Susitna River, killing a person on board.
The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed one fatality in the crash north of Anchorage, Alaska. The pilot of the second airplane made a ...
Federal board recommends seatbelts on all new school buses
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal transportation panel on Tuesday recommended to states that all new large school buses be equipped with both lap and shoulder seatbelts, which the board chairman called a “tried and true” safety protection.
The National Transportation Safety Board, which ...
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Investigation begins into Colorado plane crash that killed 1
PARKER, Colo. (AP) — Federal transportation safety officials have started an investigation into a small airplane crash that killed the pilot and left the engine lodged in a home southeast of Denver.
National Transportation Safety Board officials said Saturday a preliminary report on Friday ...
Officials: Plane ran out of fuel before crash-landing
MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board says the small airplane that crash-landed in Connecticut last month had run out of fuel.
According to a preliminary report released Wednesday, pilot Philip Cianciolo, of Wallingford, had calculated he would arrive in Meriden ...
NTSB: Crash-preventing safety system was being installed
CAYCE, S.C. (AP) — Railway signals were out while crews installed a safety system that could have prevented the exact type of crash that killed two people in South Carolina when an Amtrak train was diverted to a side track and slammed head-on into an empty freight train, authorities said ...
GOP train crash: Railroad crossing safety arms face scrutiny
CROZET, Va. (AP) — The lead investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board said it’s too early to say whether the safety arms at a rural Virginia crossing were working when a train carrying GOP members of Congress slammed into a trash truck, killing one truck passenger.
Drivers ...
NTSB: Communication problems after American engine fire
CHICAGO (AP) — Federal investigators said Tuesday that communication problems that left flight attendants unable to talk to the pilots in the moments after an American Airlines plane caught fire on the runway in Chicago in 2016 put evacuating passengers at more risk of serious injury.
At a ...
NTSB: Enforcement of ag transport safety laws ineffective
MIAMI (AP) — Three fatal crashes involving vehicles transporting migrant farmworkers have revealed the government is ineffective in enforcing agricultural transportation safety laws, federal investigators said Tuesday.
The National Transportation Safety Board issued findings and ...
The Latest: Amtrak says safety improving after fatal crash
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on the National Transportation Safety Board’s ruling that safety lapses led to a crash that killed two Amtrak maintenance workers near Philadelphia (all times local):
4 p.m.
Amtrak says it has taken steps to improve its safety culture since two ...
Fatigue, poor regulation led to deadly California bus crash
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A severely sleep-deprived driver and a bus company with a poor safety record were causes of an August 2016 crash in California’s Central Valley that killed four passengers and injured 20 others, including the driver, federal safety investigators said Monday.
The National ...
Investigators: Pilots erred in Pence plane’s skid at airport
NEW YORK (AP) — Pilots landing a plane that overran a runway at LaGuardia Airport while carrying then-vice presidential candidate Mike Pence made “several failures in close succession” that caused the plane to end up in a field of arrestor beds close to a highway, investigators said ...
Official: Bus in deadly crash going twice the speed limit
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal safety investigators say a charter bus that blew through a red light in New York City and caused a horrific crash that killed three people was traveling at nearly double the posted speed limit.
National Transportation Safety Board investigator Robert Accetta said in ...
Report: Plane’s inability to climb led to crash in Nevada
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — A preliminary accident report by the National Transportation Safety Board shows a vintage military plane failed to accelerate and was unable to make a normal climb, leading to a crash shortly after takeoff from a Nevada airport.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports ...
NTSB: We can’t know why SUV was on tracks before train crash
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal safety investigators said Tuesday they can’t determine why an SUV ended up in the path of an oncoming commuter train, causing a crash that killed six people at a rail crossing in suburban New York in 2015.
Detailing the results of the nearly 2 1/2-year ...
The Latest: Metro-North to review safety recommendations
NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the findings of federal investigators after a commuter rail crash that killed six people in a New York City suburb in 2015 (all times local):
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Metro-North Railroad officials say they’ll review safety recommendations made by federal investigators ...
NTSB investigating helicopter accident on Alaska glacier
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a helicopter crash on a southeast Alaska glacier that resulted in minor injuries.
Clint Johnson, NTSB’s regional aviation chief in Anchorage, says investigators are working with Coastal Helicopters to determine ...
US agency joins inquiry into fatal Colorado gas explosion
FIRESTONE, Colo. (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board has joined the investigation into a fatal Colorado house explosion blamed on unrefined natural gas flowing from a severed pipeline.
The Longmont Times-Call reported Wednesday (http://bit.ly/2r2W8Rz) the agency got involved ...
Investigators: Most unbuckled in deadly migrant van crash
BOWLING GREEN, Va. (AP) — Federal investigators say migrant farmworkers riding in the backseats of a van involved in a deadly crash in Virginia weren’t wearing seat belts.
Six people were killed and 10 were injured when the van they were riding in hit a car and flipped several times last ...
Official: Pilots not tested for fentanyl due to system ‘lag’
CENTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A federal transportation safety official says screening commercial pilots for fentanyl is not yet under consideration, even after one fatally overdosed on the painkiller at his Ohio home.
Mary Pat McKay, chief medical officer for the National Transportation Safety ...