Latest Transportation Headlines
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Southwest Crash at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Triggers Probe by NTSB
Jul 24 2013 // The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board began a formal investigation into the Southwest Airlines Co. accident Monday at New York’s LaGuardia airport that injured eight and disrupted traffic. The Boeing Co....
Oil Tank Cars Like Those in Quebec Rail Tragedy Long Seen as Flawed
Jul 10 2013 // The oil-laden train that derailed and exploded in a small Canadian town on Saturday, possibly killing as many as 50 people, included a class of railcar whose vulnerability to leaks and deadly explosions was well known to...
NTSB: Bad Eyesight Likely Caused Oklahoma Train Crash
Jun 20 2013 // An engineer killed in a fiery train collision in the Oklahoma Panhandle last year suffered from serious vision problems for much of his life, underwent several corrective procedures in the years leading up to the crash and...
NTSB: Missouri Derailment Investigation Could Take a Year
Jun 4 2013 // The investigation into the cause of a southeast Missouri cargo train crash that injured seven people and destroyed a highway overpass could take up to a year. The accident happened about 2:30 a.m. Saturday near Rockview,...
Bridge Collapse in Washington Cripples Highway Near Seattle
May 24 2013 // A section of a major interstate highway bridge in Washington state collapsed yesterday, sending two vehicles into the rushing waters of the Skagit River north of Seattle. Three people were rescued and no one is believed to...
Report: Ship Crew Ignored Warnings Before Hitting Kentucky Bridge
May 16 2013 // The pilot and crew members aboard a cargo ship had reservations about the boat’s course shortly before it struck a bridge over the Tennessee River, but no one stepped up to check written or electronic charts against...
The Goal: Zero Alcohol-Related Driving Deaths
May 15 2013 // Transportation safety officials are exploring ways to eliminate drunken driving deaths, which account for about a third of the nation’s more than 30,000 annual traffic fatalities— a share that has remained...
NTSB: Train Missed Signals Before Oklahoma Crash
Feb 28 2013 // One of two freight trains that collided in the Oklahoma Panhandle last summer, killing three workers and causing an inferno that nearly welded the locomotives together, sped past three signals warning it to slow down or...
Safety Board Looking at Whistleblower Claims in 787 Battery Case
Jan 24 2013 // The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is looking at issues raised by more than one whistleblower as it investigates battery failures that have grounded the global fleet of 50 Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliners for a...
U.S. Transportation Department Proposes Black Boxes in All Cars
Dec 10 2012 // Devices that record crash-related data would be required in all new cars and light trucks under a U.S. Department of Transportation proposal made on Friday to broaden their growing use in the United States. The proposed...
NTSB: Pilot Caused Houston Ship Channel Collision
Sep 27 2012 // Federal investigators have concluded that pilot error caused the collision of a chemical tanker with a containership in the Houston Ship Channel in October 2011. The National Transportation Safety Board said in a statement...
Common Type of Rail Car Has Dangerous Design Flaw
Sep 13 2012 // For two decades, one of the most commonly used type of rail tanker has been allowed to haul hazardous liquids from coast to coast even though transportation officials were aware of a dangerous design flaw that almost...
NTSB: Trim Tab Failure Caused 2011 Reno Race Crash
Aug 29 2012 // The World War II-era P-51 Mustang hurtled over the race course in Nevada at more than 500 mph, its skin wrinkling and canopy separating from the sheer force of the flight. A crucial tail control fluttered, its screws...
NTSB: Plane Topped Limits In 2011 Reno Race Crash
Aug 28 2012 // A highly modified vintage aircraft was pushed beyond its structural limits before it crashed into spectators at last year’s National Championship Air Races in Reno, according to the findings being presented to the...
While Debate Over Safety Valve Goes On, Gas Explosions Continue: AP
Jul 25 2012 // The bulldozer was clearing land outside a day care center in Hapeville, Ga., when it broke open a buried 1-inch pipeline. The escaping gas ignited into a fireball that killed nine people, including seven children settling...
NTSB: Neglect, Inaction Caused Huge Michigan Oil Spill
Jul 13 2012 // The National Transportation Safety Board has approved the findings of its investigators that Canadian company Enbridge Inc.’s neglect of pipeline cracks and its slow response likely caused the most expensive onshore...
Trains Weren’t Speeding Before Fatal Oklahoma Wreck
Jul 11 2012 // Two freight trains were not speeding when they collided in a fiery head-on crash that killed three people in the Oklahoma Panhandle, according to a preliminary federal report released July 9. The National Transportation...
NTSB Says Trains not Speeding Before Oklahoma Wreck
Jul 11 2012 // The National Transportation Safety Board says trains that collided head-on last month in the Oklahoma Panhandle weren’t speeding at the time of the wreck. Three Union Pacific employees died in the June 24 accident...
NTSB: Why Didn’t Train Wait Before Oklahoma Crash?
Jun 27 2012 // Federal investigators want to know why a freight train streaking across the Oklahoma Panhandle failed to pull into a side track and instead charged down the main line and collided head-on with another train approaching...
Texas Bus Inspections Get Lax Oversight Despite Crashes
Apr 4 2012 // Months after their state-certified vehicle inspection station was cited by federal authorities for failing to notice defects in a bus that crashed in North Texas, killing 17 passengers, brothers Alam and Cesar Hernandez...
