Latest Transportation Headlines
All the headlines from our Transportation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Report Offers Details But No Finding of Cause of Tesla Crash
Jun 21 2017 // The Tesla Model S accident that last year sparked a debate about the car company’s partially autonomous driving tools resulted in a cloud of white dust as the sedan plowed underneath a tractor trailer, a witness told...
NTSB to Investigate After Train Strikes, Kills Worker in New York City
Jun 12 2017 // Authorities say a Long Island Rail Road worker has been struck and killed by a train. The National Transportation Safety Board tweeted Saturday that it was sending a team to investigate the death. The worker was hit by a...
National Transportation Safety Board Joins Inquiry into Colorado Gas Explosion
May 12 2017 // 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 the agency got...
NTSB Expects Report on Fatal Mississippi Bus Crash Within Weeks
Mar 22 2017 // Investigators say a preliminary report on the March 7 train-bus crash in Mississippi that killed four Texas tourists should be ready within three weeks. Biloxi Mayor Andrew “FoFo” Gillich on Friday added a...
Senator Schumer Wants NTSB to Look into Small Plane Crashes in New York
Mar 7 2017 // Sen. Chuck Schumer wants the National Transportation Safety Board to conduct an in-depth investigation of small plane crashes, following two incidents last month and at least 18 crashes in New York last year. Schumer on...
NTSB Launches Probe into Plane Crash Killing Ex-Mayor of Massachusetts Town
Mar 3 2017 // The National Transportation Safety Board will look into the “man, the machine and the environment” as it investigates a plane crash that killed a former mayor and left the tail of the aircraft poking out of the...
Defective Axle Blamed Fiery 2013 Derailment in North Dakota
Feb 9 2017 // A defective axle broke and caused a 2013 train derailment that led to a series of explosions just a quarter-mile outside a small North Dakota town, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. A BNSF train...
NTSB to Probe Pennsylvania Trolley Crash that Hurt Nearly 50
Jan 11 2017 // Federal crash investigators are heading to Philadelphia a day after a collision between two trolley cars injured nearly 50 people. A National Transportation Safety Board spokesman says the agency is sending a team to look...
Experts: Pilot of Crashed Texas Balloon on 10 Different Prescription Meds
Dec 13 2016 // The pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in Texas in July, killing 16 people, was taking medications that should have precluded him from flying, medical experts testified at a federal hearing on Dec. 9. Experts also...
Transportation Insurer National Interstate Promotes Skuggen, Adds AIG’s Blankenship
Dec 13 2016 // National Interstate Insurance Co. announced the promotion of George Skuggen to senior vice president and the hiring of Steve Blankenship as vice president, Passenger Transportation. In his new role, Skuggen will oversee...
NTSB: Crew Fatigue Main Cause of Deadly 2014 Arkansas Train Crash
Dec 8 2016 // Crew fatigue brought on by irregular work schedules and a moderate form of sleep apnea is the primary reason behind a middle-of-the-night train crash that killed two Union Pacific workers and injured two others in northern...
Smartphone Makers Reject Obama Call for Restrictions to Curb Distracted Driving
Nov 28 2016 // U.S. highway safety officials called on smartphone makers to add features that would keep motorists from using functions linked to a surge in deaths due to distracted driving, a proposal that drew immediate opposition from...
Facebook Drone’s ‘Structural Failure’ Under Investigation
Nov 22 2016 // A U.S. safety agency is investigating an accident involving a massive experimental drone Facebook Inc. is developing to bring the internet to remote areas of the world. No one was hurt in the incident, which came during...
Safety Advocates Frustrated that Accident-Prevention Technologies Remain Optional
Nov 15 2016 // Computerized sensors that warn drivers they’re about to rear-end another vehicle or prevent other types of accidents are available on models made by every major auto manufacturer. The problem, according to a U.S....
NTSB Blames Ohio Jet Crash That Killed 9 on Pilot Error
Oct 19 2016 // The National Transportation Safety Board has concluded the pilot in control of a corporate jet as it approached an Ohio airport improperly set the aircraft’s flaps and failed to maintain a proper speed, causing the...
Corporate Pilots Often Neglect Required Safety Checks
Sep 29 2016 // Corporate pilots routinely take off without performing required safety checks, a study of thousands of flights by a trade group has found. Prompted by the 2014 crash of a corporate jet that killed billionaire Lewis Katz,...
Many Safety Reforms Suggested After ‘Miracle on Hudson’ Rejected, Unresolved
Sep 19 2016 // In the seven years since an airline captain saved 155 lives by ditching his crippled airliner in the Hudson River, there’s been enough time to write a book and make a movie, but apparently not enough to carry out...
Triumph Insurance Acquires Southern Transportation Insurance Agency
Sep 7 2016 // Triumph Insurance Group has acquired Dallas-based Southern Transportation Insurance Agency Ltd. Triumph is a full service commercial insurance agency specializing in the transportation sector, and is a subsidiary of TBK...
Mobile Apps Help Lower Fatal Private Plane Crashes
Aug 12 2016 // Fatalities in crashes of small private planes have fallen to the lowest levels in decades as industry and government work to address an area of aviation that has lagged behind jetliners in dramatic safety...
El Faro ‘Black Box’ Recovered
Aug 11 2016 // Search crews have retrieved the ‘black box” from the wreckage of the freighter El Faro that sank in 15,000-feet of water near the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin last year, officials said Tuesday. Using a...
